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THE 


BARNSTEAD  REUNION 


CKI.KBRATED    AT 


BARNSTEAD,   N.   H. 


August  30,  1882, 


EDITED    BY 


HORACE  N.  COLBATH, 


CONCORD,  N.  H. : 

PRINTED     BY     IRA     C.     EVANS. 
1884. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Barnstead  Reunion  Association,  it 
was —  Voted, 

That  the  thanks  of  this  Association  be  presented  to  the 
President,  Charles  Smith  George,  Esq.,  for  his  admirable 
address  of  welcome ;  to  Alonzo  Hall  Quint,  d.  d.,  for  his 
interesting  and  eloquent  oration ;  to  Laura  Garland  Carr, 
and  Hanson  Caverno  Canney,  m.  d.,  for  pertinent  and  beauti- 
ful poems ;  to  Mrs.  Darius  Frink,  for  an  appropriate  hymn  ; 
and  to  Hon.  J.  G.  Sinclair,  Hon.  H.  A.  Tuttle,  Col.  E.  S. 
Nutter,  Hon.  C.  M.  Murphy,  Rev.  Frank  H.  Lyford,  Hon. 
J.  P.  Jewell,  John  D.  Nutter,  Esq.,  and  Howard  A.  Dodge, 
Esq.,  for  addresses  and  responses  to  sentiments,  and  that 
they  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  for  publi- 
cation. 

That  our  thanks  are  due  John  B.  Garland,  Esq.,  Hon. 
Henry  H.  Huse,  Rev.  S.  D.  Jewett,  Col.  James  S.  Hoitt, 
Col.  Thomas  E.  Barker,  J.  C.  Scriggins,  Esq.,  and  William 
G.  Drew,  for  congratulatory  letters. 

Voted,  That  Horace  Nutter  Colbath  be  chosen  to  edit 
and  publish  the  history  of  the  Barnstead  Reunion,  held 
August  30,  1882,  including  addresses,  oration,  poems,  sen- 
timents, and  letters,  and  such  other  matter  as  he  may  deem 
proper. 

Attest : 

JOHN  EL  JENKINS, 

Recording   Secretary. 


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CONTENTS. 


Vote  of  Publication, 

2 

Editor  Appointed,      .... 

2 

Introduction,      .         .         .         ... 

5 

Officers  of  the  Association, 

7 

Executive  Committee, 

8 

Town  Committee,       .... 

8 

Auxiliary  Committee, 

8 

Other  Committees,     .... 

9 

Programme,       ..... 

12 

List  of  Sentiments,    .... 

13 

Address  of  Welcome,  by  C.  S.  George, 

15 

Poem,  by  Laura  G.  Carr,  . 

22 

The  Dinner,        ..... 

26 

Poem,  by  H.  C.  Canney,    . 

26 

Letter  from  S.  D.  Jewett, 

28 

"         "J.  C.  Scriggins, 

30 

"     William  G.  Drew, . 

32 

Address  by  H.  A.  Tuttle, 

32 

"         "     E.  S.  Nutter,          .         .     -    . 

34 

u     M.  B.  Y.  Edgerly, 

36 

"     C.  M.  Murphy, 

37 

"     J.  P.  Newell, 

38 

u     F.  H.'  Lyford, 

41 

"     J.  D.  Nutter, 

43 

"     J.  H.  Kent,    . 

46 

Letter  from  J.  S.  Hoitt, 

49 

1 C66729 


THE    BARNSTEAD    REUNION 


Letter  from 

T. 

E. 

Barker, 

50 

it             a 

H. 

H. 

Huse,  . 

50 

Hymn,  by  Mrs 

Darius 

Frink,    . 

52 

Address  by 

H. 

A. 

Dodge, 

53 

u            a 

J. 

G. 

Sine 

lair, 

54 

Letter  of  J. 

B. 

Garland,   . 

57 

Biographical  Sketch  of  Enos  George, 

60 

u 

a 

ti 

H.  A.  Tuttle, 

63 

a 

a 

a 

E.  S.  Nutter, 

66 

u 

t* 

a 

J.  G.  Sinclair, 

68 

ti 

a 

a 

M.  V.  B.  Edgerly 

71 

u 

u 

u 

C.  M.  Murphy, 

74 

s  " 

tt 

a 

Lewis  Clark, 

78 

u 

ti 

a 

J.  P.  Newell, 

80 

a 

ti 

u 

J.  H.  Kent,  . 

82 

It 

a 

it 

J.  R.  Hayes, 

87 

a 

a 

a 

H.  C.  Canney, 

89 

a 

t 

a 

George  W.  Emen 

*on,     92 

ti 

it 

u 

Geo.  S.  Penderga 

st,       95 

it 

a 

tt 

Harriet  P.  Dame, 

97 

tt 

a 

a 

Nancy  Pendergas 

t,       101 

tt 

a 

a 

J.  D.  Nutter, 

104 

Contributions, 

, 

. 

•         •         • 

106 

Appendix, 

107 

INTRODUCTION. 


Bakntstead,  New  Hampshire,  situated  in  the 
southwestern  part  of  Belknap  county,  northeast 
from  Concord  twenty  miles,  and  bordering  on  the 
counties  of  Merrimack  and  Strafford,  contains 
thirty-six  square  miles  of  territory.  Was  char- 
tered by  Gov.  Wentworth  May  20,  1727.  Con- 
taining, in  1880,  1,317  inhabitants. 

On  the  east  lie  the  Blue  Hills,  on  the  north  are 
the  Alton  and  Gilmanton  mountains,  and  on  the 
south  lies  the  Catamount,  looking  down  on  the 
valley  of  the  Suncook  river  as  it  passes  the  west- 
erly boundary  of  the  town.  It  is  a  region  of  hill 
and  valley,  of  beautiful  rivers  and  ponds,  and 
laughing  brooks. 

A  community  born  and  educated  amid  such 
scenery,  breathing  the  air  of  its  hills  and  drink- 
ing the  waters  that  flow  in  hundreds  of  rills  down 
its  hillsides,  till  they  form  the  Suncook, — must 
love  their  childhood  home.  For  the  past  fifty 
years  Barnstead  has  been  sending  out  her  sons 
and  daughters  to  other  parts  of  the  land  to  find 
new  homes.  Its  first  emigrants  found  homes  in 
Massachusetts,  Vermont,  and  New  York,  and 
afterwards  they  sought  Ohio,  Illinois,  Michigan, 
and  Wisconsin.     As  new  territory  was    opened, 


6  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

they  helped  swell  the  mighty  stream  of  emigration 
that  has  peopled  the  great  West. 

To-day  they  may  be  found  in  twenty-eight 
states  and  territories.  Some  of  its  sons  and 
daughters  are  looking  out  on  the  Pacific,  others 
are  in  the  valley  of  the  Father  of  Waters  or  are 
fanned  by  the  soft  winds  of  the  Gulf. 

Scattered  over  the  land,  these  emigrants  have 
ever  yearned  for  the  home  of  their  fathers,  while 
those  who  remained  around  the  old  hearthstones 
were  eager  to  once  more  clasp  the  hands  of  loved 
ones,  look  once  more  into  long  remembered  faces, 
and  hear  once  again  the  voices  that  were  music  to 
their  youthful  ears. 

This  was  especially  true  of  those  who  had 
passed  the  meridian  and  were  nearing  the  sunset 
of  life. 

By  a  sort  of  common  consent,  residents  and 
emigrants  seemed  ready  for  a  Reunion  of  the 
children  of  old  Barnstead. 

The  question  has  been  asked,  Where  did  the  idea 
of  this  reunion  originate?  This  may  be  a  fitting 
place  for  answering  that  question.  During  the 
winter  of  1877-78,  a  few  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  Barnstead  residing  in  Concord,  N.  H., 
prominent  among  whom  were  Col.  E.  S.  Nutter, 
J.  L.  Pickering,  Esq.,  George  W.  Drew,  Esq., 
Mrs.  James  R.  Hill,  and  Laura  Garland  Carr,  de- 
termined to  hold  a  reunion  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  Barnstead  living  in  Concord,  with  invited 
guests  from  the  mother  town  and  other  places  in 
New  Hampshire  where  Barnstead  sons  had  located. 


THE   BARNSTEAD    REUNION.  7 

Such  a  reunion  was  held  on  the  evening  of  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1878,  at  the  Phenix  Hotel,  in  Concord. 
There  were  present  from  Barnstead,  a  delegation 
of  sixty  citizens,  led  by  the  Barnstead  Brass  Band. 

Col.  E.  S.  Xutter  presided  and  made  the  recep- 
tion address.  Laura  Garland  Carr  read  an  origi- 
nal poem.  Short  addresses  were  made  by  J.  G. 
Sinclair,  Lewis  W.  Clark,  J.  Horace  Kent,  J.  P. 
Newell,  and  Charles  S.  George.  This,  with  a 
supper  such  as  that  famous  hotel  can  provide, 
made  the  occasion  a  most  enjoyable  one. 

The  resident  sons  of  Barnstead  returned  home 
feeling  that  some  day  the  wanderers  from  the  old 
town  should  be  invited  home  to  the  old  domain, 
and  here,  amid  the  scenes  of  childhood,  hold  a 
grand  family  reunion. 

The  subject  was  talked  of  from  time  to  time, 
but,  from  various  causes,  no  decided  action  was 
taken  until,  at  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March, 
1882,  it  was  voted  to  hold  a  reunion  the  coming 
autumn. 

Subsequently  the  following  officers  were  chosen : 

.  PRESIDENT. 

Charles  S.  George. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

John  Walker, 
John  Pendergast, 
Joseph  Jenkins, 
Caleb  Willey, 
John  B.  Garland, 
John  L.  Nutter, 
Seth  Shackford. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 
RECORDING  SECRETARY. 

John  H.  Jenkins. 

CORRESPONDING    SECRETARY. 

Horace  N.  Colbath. 

TREASURER. 

John  Franklin  Garland. 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

John  Waldo, 
Thomas  L.  Hoitt, 
Ira  L.  Berry, 
Horatio  G.  Willey, 
Horace  Walker. 

TOWN    COMMITTEE. 

George  A.  Hall, 
Albion  P.  Nutter, 
Thomas  K.  Proctor, 
Smith  W.  Locke, 
Seth  Shackford, 
E.  Frank  Jones. 
Lewis  Clark, 
Albert  F.  Shackford, 
Charles  F.  Emerson, 
Daniel  E.  Tuttle, 
Hiram  Rand, 
Frank  .S.  Jenkins, 
John  Pendergast, 
Jacob  W.  Evans. 

AUXILIARY   COMMITTEE. 

E.  S.  Nutter,  Concord,  N.  H. ; 
J.  L.  Pickering,  Concord,  N.  H. ; 
H.  A.  Tuttle,  Pittsfield,  N.  H. ; 
J.  P.  Newell,  Manchester,  N.  H. ; 
C.  M.  Murphy,  Dover,  N.  H.  ; 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

J.  Horace  Kent,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ; 
George  S.  Pendergast,  Boston,  Mass. ; 
x  Jos.  R.  Hayes,  Lowell,  Mass.  ; 
Geo.  F.  Knowles,  Lynn,  Mass. 

CHAPLAIN. 

Rev.  William  0.  Carr. 

MARSHAL. 

Timothy  Emerson. 

ASSISTANT   MARSHALS. 

Frank  0.  George, 
Henry  0.  Huntress, 
John  Rand. 

SUPERINTENDENT   OP   HALLS,  TENTS,  AND   GROUNDS. 

Dr.  George  W.  Emerson. 

COMMITTEE   TO    PREPARE   SENTIMENTS. 

Horace  N.  Colbath. 
Charles  S.  George. 

COMMITTEE    TO    ARRANGE   PROGRAMME. 

Dr.  George  W.  Emerson, 
Horace  N.  Colbath, 
Frank  S.  Jenkins, 
Thomas  L.  Hoitt. 

COMMITTEE    ON   MUSIC. 

Charles  E.  Walker, 
Thomas  L.  Hoitt. 

COMMISSARY. 

Frank  S.  Jenkins. 

QUARTERMASTER. 

John  Waldo. 

TOAST-MASTER. 

Rev.  John  George. 


10  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

Thus  organized,  the  work  of  preparation  began. 
Meetings  of  committees  and  sub-committees  fol- 
lowed in  rapid  succession,  until  a  week  before  the 
day  of  reunion,  when  officers,  committees  and  cit- 
izens, uniting,  made  it  their  special  business. 

The  arrangements  as  finally  made  were  as  fol- 
lows : 

The  Reunion  to  be  held  on  Wednesday,  August 
30,  1882,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m. 

The  President  to  make  the  Welcoming  Address. 

Rev.  A.  H.  Quint,  d.  d.,  to  deliver  an  Oration. 

Laura  Garland  Carr  to  read  a  Poem. 

Dinner,  free  to  all,  in  the  Tent. 

Speeches,  Sentiments,  and  Responses  at  the 
Stand. 

Music  through  the  day  by  the  Barnstead  Brass 
Band.  The  oldest  band  in  the  United  States;  or- 
ganized Feb.  22,  1837. 

A  tent,  78x160  feet,  was  placed  on  the  grounds 
of  Seth  Shackford,  Esq.,  adjoining  the  Town  Hall 
and  Congregational  Church,  and  both  these  build- 
ings were  opened  to  the  public.  The  Speaker's 
Stand  was  placed  between  the  Hall  and  Church; 
fronting  it  was  the  Band  Stand. 

Under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent,  Dr. 
Emerson,  the  tent  was  beautifully  decorated  with 
flags,  bunting,  etc.,  and  tables  were  arranged  in 
the  tent  to  seat  1,050  persons  at  one  sitting. 

Such  were  the  measures  adopted  to  welcome 
home  those  whose  hearts  had  been  throbbing  at 
the  thoughts  of  the  reunion. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  11 

In  every  part  of  the  town  little  plans  had  been 
laid  to  bring  families  and  friends  together.  It  was 
to  be  the  gathering  of  a  great  family. 

The  number  in  attendance  was  estimated  to  be 
five  thousand,  over  half  that  number  having  par- 
taken of  the  dinner. 

The  best  order  prevailed.  It  was  a  meeting  of 
well-dressed,  orderly,  and  respectable  men  and 
women,  whom  any  town  might  be  proud  to  own 
as  her  children. 

Owing  to  the  prevailing  heat  and  dust,  some 
things  were  omitted  in  the  reception,  and  others 
might  have  been  changed  for  the  better.  Yet  on 
the  whole,  we  can  say,  wrhat  every  visitor  did  say, 
"  well  done,  old  Barnstead." 

We  will  now  conduct  the  reader  through  the 
various  services  of  the  occasion.  The  Reunion 
itself  cannot  be  written  or  described. 


programme:. 


BALtNSTEAD  REUNION,  AUGUST  30,1882. 


At  10  o'clock  A.  m. — Meeting*  of  emigrant  sons 
and  (laughters,  former  residents,  and  present  resi- 
dents, on  the  grounds. 

Music  by  the  Barnstead  Brass  Band. 

At  11  o'clock  a.  M. — Exercises  to  commence  at 
the  Stand: 

1st.  The  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee 
to  call  the  assemblage  to  order,  state  the  order  of 
exercises,  and  introduce  the  President  of  the  day. 

2d.  Prayer  by  the  Chaplain. 

3d.  Music  by  the  Band. 

4th.  Address  of  Welcome  by  the  President. 

5th.  Oration. 

6th.  Poem. 

7th.  Dinner,  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.,  in  the  Tent. 

8th.  Sentiments,  Responses,  and  Reading  Let- 
ters at  the  Stand. 


List  of  Sentiments. 


1.  Old  Barnstead — A  good  town  to  go  from — 
a  better  one  to  return  to. 

2.  A  kind  remembrance  to  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  old  Barnstead  providentially  detained  from 
our  Reunion. 

3.  Old  Barnstead — Her  fair  fame  a  sure  pass- 
port for  her  sons  wherever  they  go,  her  principles 
a  guarantee  of  success. 

4.  The  adopted  sons  of  Barnstead — They  have 
honored  her  name,  and  she  rejoices  in  their  suc- 
cess. 

5.  The  emigrant  sons  and  daughters  of  Barn- 
stead— Wherever  may  be  their  abiding  place,  or 
whatever  their  duties,  let  them  never  forget  that* 
they  cannot  be  delinquent  without  being  degen- 
erate. 

6.  The  town  of  Barnstead — She  loves  her  hills 
and  beautiful  valleys,  but  feeling  the  sentiment 
and  borrowing  the  language  of  the  Roman  mother, 
she  points  to  her  children,  and  exclaims,  "  These 
are  my  jewels." 

7.  The  annual  crop  produced  in  Barnstead — 
judges,  clergymen,  physicians,  merchants,  me- 
chanics and  farmers — may  the  crop  increase  until 


14  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

she  has  enough  for  home  consumption  and  a  large 
surplus  for  exportation. 

8.  The  friends  and  scenes  of  our  childhood. 

9.  The  soldier  sons  of  Barnstead — The  fathers 
in  the  Revolution,  the  sons  in  1812,  the  grandsons 
in  the  Rebellion — the  love  of  liberty  constrained 
them. 

10.  The  birthplace  of  our  fathers — Portsmouth 
and  Newington — names  as  familiar  as  household 
words  to  every  child  of  Barnstead — may  peace  and 
prosperity  be  in  their  borders. 

11.  The  host  of  men  whose  lives  have  been 
made  better  and  happier  by  choosing  for  wives, 
daughters  of  old  Barnstead. 

12.  The  social  history  and  reminiscences  of  old 
Barnstead. 

13.  The  resident  sons  and  daughters  of  Barn- 
stead— May  they  preserve  unsullied  its  ancient 
reputation,  keep  sacred  the  memory  of  the  fathers, 
and  be  always  ready  to  welcome  its  wandering 
children  to  the  old  domain. 


RECEPTION. 


Mr.  Waldo,  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, at  11  o'clock,  called  the  vast  concourse  of 
people  to  order,  and  announced  the  President  of 
the  day,  Charles  S.  George,  Esq. 

The  President  introduced  Rev.  Wm.  O.  Carr, 
the  Chaplain,  who  led  in  prayer — invoking  the 
blessing  of  their  fathers'  God  to  rest  upon  the 
children  gathered  here  in  their  childhood  home, 
and  upon  the  wanderers  whose  hearts  to-day  were 
yearning  and  whose  faces  like  Hebrew  captives 
were  turning  toward  the  home  of  their  fathers. 

The  following  address,  welcoming  our  sons 
and  daughters  will  win  the  hearty  applause  of 
every  child  of  Barnstead.  Mr.  George  is  the  son 
of  Rev.  Enos  George,  the  first  settled  minister  of 
Barnstead,  who  was  in  his  day  an  eloquent  orator, 
and  we  believe  the  verdict  of  those  who  listened 
to  this  address  was — the  mantle  of  the  father  has 
fallen  on  the  son. 

Mr.  George  spoke  without  notes,  substantially  as 
follows : 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

It  is  customary  on  occasions  likp  this  for  the  President, 
on  assuming  the  chair,  to  thank  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments for  the  high  honor  conferred  on  him.  This  on  my 
part  would  seem  to  be  rather  premature. 


16  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

Should  I  succeed  in  the  performance  of  my  duty,  it  will 
then  be  time  to  return  my  thanks  to  the  Committee. 

But  failing,  then  shall  I  wish  the  mantle  had  fallen  on 
some  other  man.  I  have  not  accepted  this  position  with- 
out some  misgivings — a  plain  farmer  as  I  am — and  more 
especially  to-day,  as  I  look  upon  this  vast  audience,  and 
reflect  for  a  moment  upon  the  intelligence  and  criticising 
ability  of  those  who  compose  it. 

And  yet  1  am  somewhat  relieved  of  this  embarrassment, 
when  I  reflect  for  a  moment  that  you  know  and  I  know 
and  everybody  knows  that  there  is  one  prominent  charac- 
teristic of  the  people  of  Barnstead,  that  whenever  and 
wherever  called  upon  to  perform  a  duty,  whether  man  or 
woman,  whether  in  war  or  peace,  they  make  the  effort 
whether  successful  or  not. 

And  now,  as  I  am  a  Barnstead  man,  from  the  crown  of 
my  head  to  the  sole  of  my  foot,  I  shall  make  the  effort. 

And  right  here,  let  me  say,  you  are  expecting  a  speech  of 
welcome,  all  full  of  "  welcome." 

This  would  be  the  sheerest  nonsense.  You  know  Barn- 
stead— you  know  her  people,  hence  you  know  you  are  wel- 
come. Rather,  let  us  talk  of  this  good  old  town.  Let  us 
go  back  more  than  a  hundred  years :  let  us  stand  on  Blue 
Hills,  there  can  we  see  a  company  of  brave,  strong  pioneers, 
resting  on  their  weary  journey  ;  they  are  now  in  sight  of 
the  promised  land.  Thirty-six  square  miles  of  wilderness 
lie  before  them,  encircled  on  every  side  by  mountains  and 
hills,  with  its  giant  pines  and  oaks  towering  far  above  all 
the  rest  of  the  forest. 

Magnificent  sight !  Truly  it  held  out  no  allurement  to 
the  lazy,  the  indolent,  the  shiftless ;  and  yet  how  alluring 
to  the  strong,  the  brave,  the  energetic.  They  have  come 
from  the  sea,  from  the  vicinity  of  Portsmouth,  with  all 
that  health  and  vigor  that  "  old  ocean  "  ever  gives  the 
dwellers  on  her  shores. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  17 

How  well  with  the  eye  they  measure  the  distance  from 
their  prospective  home  and  old  Portsmouth — the  journey 
of  a  day.  They  look  back  once  more  on  Portsmouth,  in 
their  minds  the  loveliest  spot  on  earth,  possessing  the 
beauty  of  which  she  never  could  be  robbed,  as  Nature  held 
it  in  her  grasp. 

They  move  on  ;  they  enter  this  wilderness,  the  foliage  of 
whose  trees  was  so  deep  and  so  dark  that  scarce  one  ray  of 
light  could  penetrate,  and  here  they  wander  from  hill  to 
hill,  from  valley  to  valley,  seeking  a  spot  whereon  to  build 
them  a  home. 

Others  come,  of  the  same  mould  of  character.  The  town  is 
surveyed,  laid  off  into  lots,  but  no  incorporation  until  the 
requirements  of  the  British  Crown  are  complied  with — a 
church  must  be  built  and  the  gospel  must  be  preached. 
And,  by  the  strength  of  sinewy  arms,  logs  are  reared  and 
locked  together,  the  walls  are  completed,  while  bark  laid 
from  perline  to  perline — the  roof  is  finished ;  the  inside 
probably  equally  rude. 

A  committee  wait  upon  the  Rev.  Dr.  Adams,  of  Newing- 
ton,  N.  H.,  to  preach  the  dedication  sermon.  On  horse- 
back he  comes, — dismounts, — enters  this  church, — then 
and  there  this  good  old  man  lifts  up  his  voice  in  the  wil- 
derness, and  with  his  audience  standing,  dedicates  this 
rude  church  to  the  Triune  G-od. 

And  where  stood  the  church  ?  Go  with  me,  if  you 
please,  to  Clarktown.  Let  us  turn  to  the  left,  around 
Mr.  Hanson's  store.  Now  we  travel  by  Levi  Clark's — 
down  the  hill — cross  the  river — a  few  rods  farther  and  stop, 
look  to  the  right,  over  the  wall,  and  there  amid  those  scat- 
tered boulders  stood  the  first  church  in  Barnstead.  Truly, 
that  is  hallowed  ground !  and  ere  that  spot  is  lost  to  all 
recognition,  let  a  monument  of  lasting  granite  be  erected 
to  tell  future  generations  whereon  stood  Barnstead's  first 
sacred  edifice,  within  whose  walls,  rude  though  they  were, 
the  gospel  in  its  purity  was  preached,  while  our  fathers 


18  THE    BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

and  our  mothers  chanted  the  Songs  of  David  with  all  the 
devotion  and  sincerity  of  angels.  It  is  said  that  our  an- 
cestors were  a  peculiar  people,  and  why  not  ?  Their  lot 
had  been  cast  in  the  only  New  England  in  the  world — in 
the  only  New  Hampshire,  and  in  the  only  Barnstead  then 
and  to-day  in  all  this  broad  land. 

They  were  proverbial  for  their  shrewdness.  The  words, 
"  Fools  settled  in  Barnstead,"  never  escaped  the  lips  of 
man.  Should  they  ever,  methinks  his  head  would  drop 
upon  his  breast  never  more  to  rise  in  the  heaviness  of  his 
guilt. 

If  they  did  not  all  possess  those  literary  attainments 
so  essential  to  the  well-being  and  refinement  of  society — 
if  they  could  not  correctly  classify  all  the  wild  flowers  of 
the  forest,  they  did  possess  a  judgment  and  mathematical 
ability  sufficient  to  tell  how  many  feet  in  that  old-growth 
pine  or  in  that  "  brave  old  oak." 

And  to  obtain  such  choice  lumber  for  building  material, 
many  no  doubt  were  induced  to  settle  here,  and  year  after  year 
this  lumber  was  taken  off  and  transported  to  Portsmouth, 
and  to-day  constitutes  the  frame  and  finish  of  many  an  old 
mansion  peculiar  to  that  beautiful  city.  I  never  walk  the 
streets  of  Portsmouth,  resting  my  eye  on  those  ancient 
mansions,  without  linking  them  with  the  early  history  of 
Barnstead  and  with  the  hardy  yeomanry  of  a  generation 
long  since  gone. 

I  never  look  upon  her  shipping  without  realizing  the  fact 
that  many  a  ship  of  Barnstead  oak  and  pine  has  floated 
down  her  harbor,  and  with  sails  all  spread,  out  upon  the 
u  wide  waste  of  waters,"  riding  triumphant  and  buoyant 
as  the  swan  in  its  element. 

I  have  intimated  that  the  early  settlers  were  not  an  edu- 
cated class  of  people.  This  does  not  imply  that  no  im- 
provement in  mental  culture  followed. 

Barnstead  has  probably  sent  out  and  is  still  sending  out 
more  teachers  than  anv  other  town  of  the  same  number  of 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  19 

inhabitants  in  the  state.  At  one  time  no  less  than  four 
male  teachers  were  engaged  in  Portsmouth,  from  high 
school  down,  and  to-day,  while  we  furnish  Dover  a  mayor, 
we  furnish  the  state  with  one  sixth  of  her  associate 
judges  and  one  fifth  of  her  high  sheriffs  ;  while  its  lawyers 
and  doctors  are  scattered  all  over  the  country,  from  Maine 
to  Georgia  and  from  New  Hampshire  to  California. 

And,  to-day,  Barnstead  is  represented  in  twenty-eight 
states  and  territories  and  two  foreign  countries  ;  and  yet 
as  I  look  out  upon  this  audience,  I  am  reminded  that  Barn- 
stead's  sons  and  daughters  are  not  all  gone.  I  see  before 
me  sons  and  daughters  of  old  Barnstead  who  carry  in  their 
veins  the  blood  of  old  John  Adams,  the  foremost  in  the 
forum  in  the  "  days  that  tried  men's  souls." 

I  see  before  me  sons  and  daughters  who  carry  in  their 
veins  the  blood  of  old  John  Stark,  the  hero  of  Bennington. 

Others  I  see  who  carry  in  their  veins  the  blood  of  one 
who  with  a  little  company  under  the  guidance  of  old  John 
Sullivan,  one  dark  night,  went  silently  down  the  Piscata- 
qua  river,  broke  into  the  fort  held  by  British  soldiers,  stole 
the  British  magazine,  returned  with  it  to  Durham,  and 
afterwards  sent  it  to  Massachusetts,  where  it  was  used 
upon  the  heights  of  Bunker  Hill.  I  venture  to  say  no 
more  daring  deed  was  performed  in  the  Revolutionary  war, 
from  its  incipient  stages  to  the  clearing  up  of  the  smoke 
that  hung  over  the  city  of  Yorktown. 

Our  ancestors  were  fond  of  fun,  of  anecdotes,  and  of 
long  drawn  stories ;  of  tracing  their  ancestors  way  back  to 
France,  to  Scotland,  to  Ireland,  England  and  Wales. 

How  interesting  to-day  would  be  those  stories — with 
what  eagerness  we  would  listen  to  those  genealogies,  so 
correctly,  so  truthfully  told. 

Why  !  my  friends,  I  would  give  more  to-day  for]|a£col- 
lection  of  those  old  stories  and  those  genealogies  than  I 
would  for  a  collection  of  the  choicest  literature  that  ever 
flowed  from  the  pen  of  man ;  but  they  are  well  nigh  lost 


20  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

and  forgotten,  and  the  lips  that  uttered  them  are  sealed, 
and  sealed  forever. 

The  people  of  Barnstead  were  strongly  attached  to  each 
other — strongly  attached  to  their  native  soil — and  it  is  this 
element,  transmitted  down  to  the  present  generation,  that 
has  brought  you  here  to-day,  my  stranger  friends.  And 
now  let  me  make  a  short  talk  to  you,  and  I  am  done. 

To  say  we  are  glad  to  see  you,  is  but  a  faint  expression 
of  our  feelings.  To  shake  you  by  the  hand,  to  recall  the 
scenes  of  earlier  days,  gives  us  a  pleasure  that  vibrates  on 
every  artery  and  permeates  every  pore  of  the  body. 

To  know  you  have  left  your  homes  hundreds,  nay,  thou- 
sands of  miles  behind,  to  answer  to  the  summons  for  this 
gathering,  fills  us  with  profoundest  gratitude  ;  while  it  binds 
us  together  with  a  tie  of  ten  fold  tenacity.  You  are  here 
from  your  New  England  homes,  from  the  far  West,  from 
the  orange  groves  of  the  South,  from  the  British  domin- 
ions, and  from  the  Spanish  realms. 

And  to  you,  sir,*  and  yours,  who  have  left  your  northern 
home  to  be  with  us  to-day,  permit  me  to  say,  that  as  a 
home  subject  to  a  crown  worn  by  one  of  the  loveliest  women 
the  world  has  ever  produced — for  more  than  forty-five 
years  has  she  sat  upon  England's  throne  without  a  blem- 
ish to  mar  the  purity  of  her  character — sir,  for  the  peace 
of  England  and  England's  dominions,  long  live  Victoria.' 

And  to  you,  sir,f  and  yours,  who  have  crossed  the  ocean 
to  visit  once  more  the  home  of  earlier  days,  I  will  say  that 
we  do  not  forget  that  it  was  by  the  generosity  and  enter- 
prise of  a  Ferdinand  and  Isabella  that  this  great  and  grow- 
ing continent  was  given  to  the  world,  well  nigh  four  hun- 
dred years  ago.  Sir,  may  your  adopted  country  ere  long 
return  to  its  former  greatness  and  power,  and  her  people 
be  tempered  with  the  virtues  of  Alphonzo  and  his  queen. 

♦John  D.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Ca. 

f  Dr.  Albert  Warren,  Madrid,  Spain. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  21 

To  you,  sir,  and  yours,  I  extend  a  double  welcome,  while  I 
wish  you,  your  wife,  and  little  one,  a  pleasant  and  safe  re- 
turn to  your  adopted  Spain. 

My  friends,  some  of  you  went  forth  into  the  world  in 
childhood  ;  some  in  maturer  years ;  but  the  most  of  you 
went  forth  in  that  happy  period  of  life  when  the  world 
looked  bright — no  clouds  intervening  between  you  and 
prosperity  and  happiness.     It  was 

"  In  life's  morning  march," 

ere  the  bright,  unclouded  future  had  told  you  the  story  of 
its  storms  and  its  cares !  And  for  your  success  many  a 
prayer  was  whispered  by  the  parents  and  friends  you  left 
behind.  That  you  have  been  successful  wherever  you  have 
wandered  or  in  whatever  part  of  the  country  or  the  world 
you  have  made  your  home,  is  the  sincere  and  ardent  hope 
of  those  whom  you  meet  here  today. 

And  now,  proud  of  my  position,  I  stand  here,  anjd  in  be- 
half of  the  people  of  our  good  old  town,  greet  you  all 
with  a  welcome  in  which  there  is  no  dissembling,  and  with 
a  friendship  as  pure  as  ever  warmed  the  human  heart.  We 
have  letters  from  absent  friends,  which  the  Secretary  will 
read  to  you.  And  is  this  all  of  the  reunion  ? — your  pres- 
ence and  these  letters  from  absent  friends  ?  Is  there  no 
mysterious  connection  between  the  living  and  the  dead  ? 
Are  those  "who  have  gone  on  before"  unconscious  of  the 
transactions  of  this  day  ?  Must  we  believe  that  they  are 
asleep  to  all  the  concerns  and  cares  of  the  living  ?  Ah ! 
that  sleep  means  oblivion  !  Rather  let  us  believe  that  back 
from  the  moment  of  our  creation,  onward  through  the  eternal 
future,  there  is  not  one  moment  lost,  not  one  single  link 
disconnected  or  broken,  in  all  that  endless  chain  of  the 
soul's  immortality.  They  are  here  to-day  reaching  forth 
the  hand  in  sympathy  and  friendship  from  the  shadow  that 
veils  them  from  our  view ! 
2 


22  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

It  is  this  fact  that  makes  this  reunion  complete.  We 
are  all  here  to-day,  either  mentally,  in  person,  or  in  sym- 
pathy, from  the  North  and  from  the  South,  from  the  East 
and  from  the  West,  and  from — beyond  the  river ! 


A  POEM. 

Written  for  the  Barnstead  Reunion,  August  30,  1882, 

BY   LAURA    GARLAND    CARR. 

Read  by  Miss  Sophia  George. 

[Laura  Garland  Carr,  the  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  Jane  (Hall)  Garland,  was  born  in 
Barnstead,  June  27,  1835,  where  her  childhood 
was  passed.  Her  father  died  in  her  infancy.  Her 
grandfather,  Isaac  Garland,  was  an  early  settler 
in  Barnstead,  and  reared  a  large  family  of  sons 
and  daughters,  who  in  early  life  were  all  teachers 
of  the  schools  in  Barnstead  and  elswhere.  He 
was  fond  of  reading,  especially  poetry,  and  some- 
times wrote  verses.  He  died  in  1867,  aged  ninety- 
two  years,  A  son,  John  B.  Garland,  Esq.,  owns 
and  occupies  the  old  homestead,  to  which  Mrs. 
Carr  so  feelingly  refers  in  some  of  her  poems. 
Became  the  wife  of  K.  G.  Carr,  Esq.,  of  Concord, 
IN".  H.,  Sept.  27,  1864,  where  she  now  resides. 
Her  friends  hope  some  day  to  see  the  many 
poetic  gems  from  her  pen  gathered  together  and 
published  in  a  style  befitting  their  worth. 

— Editor.] 


THK  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  23 

OLD  BARNSTEAD. 

We  talk  of  buried  cities  found  beneath  Italian  skies, 

Where  homes  and  streets,  hidden  for  years,  from  out  their  ashes  rise  ; 

The  pleasant  thrills  that  move  us,  as  their  relics  gather  fast, 

Tell  of  a  strong,  magnetic  liuk  binding  us  to  the  past. 

We  need  not  cross  the  ocean,  friends,  nor  wander  up  nor  down — 
We,  who  have  come  to  middle  life — to  find  a  buried  town. 
The  world  is  full  of  them,  to-day ;  not  quite  so  famed,  we  know, 
Nor  covered  by  Vesuvian  fires,  so  many  years  ago. 

'Tis  but  the  dust  that  Father  Time  lets  fall  in  his  swift  flight — 
A  golden  dust — yet  holding  close  its  visions  from  our  sight : 
The  playgrounds  of  our  childhood !     Oh,  the  homes  of  earliest  days  ! 
AVe  never  more  may  find  them,  once  we  leave  their  mystic  ways. 

We  visit  scenes  we  call  the  same,  and  some  old  trails  we  find ; 
But  there's  a  marked  change  over  all,  that  cannot  be  defined. 
It  gathers  deeper,  year  by  year,  till  each  return  gives  pain, 
And  memory  alone  can  give  the  old  haunts  back  again. 

And  so  there's  much  of  sadness  in  our  gathering  to-day; — 
For  us  who  went  out  gay  and  young,  and  come  back  staid  and  gray  ; — 
And,  while  this  modern  Barnstead  has  its  own  fair  claims,  in  sooth, 
Forgive  us  if  we  cherish  best  the  old  town  of  our  youth. 

Old  Barnstead !     Ah,  how  vast  it  was  !     It  almost  filled  the  world ! 
Not  quite, — for  wasn't  Tuttle's  stage,  in  all  its  grandeur,  whirled, 
Once  every  week,  straight  through  town  and  off  beyond  the  hills, 
Where  Dover  lay, — a  strip  of  land,  with  a  few  noisy  mills  ? 

That  stage !     No  palace  car  we've  seen  was  half  so  rich  and  gay  ! 
It  had  red  curtains,  you  could  see  more  than  a  mile  away. 
And,  when  close  by  Lock's  Corner  school,  at  Nutter's  store,  it  paused, 
What  a  wild  stir  of  wonderment  in  our  young  breasts  it  caused  ! 

We  turned,  and  stretched  our  necks,  to  peer  through  windows  small 

and  high, 
To  catch  each  crimson  flutter  in  the  dust  clouds  rolling  by. 
And  then  the  school  droned  slowly  on,  while  fat  old  bumble-bees 
Looked  in  on  us  with  husky  boom,  then  whisked  off  toward  the  trees. 

We  followed  them  with  longing  eyes,  and  thought  how  cool  and  dense 
The  shadows  lay  upon  the  grass,  beyond  the  pasture  fence ; 
And  wondered  if  the  worm  we  saw  at  recess,  on  the  ledge, 
Had  finished  up  his  jerky  job  of  inching  off  its  edge. 


24  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

We  heard  a  chipmunk  scold  and  fret,  and  knew  the  very  stump 
Where  he  was  sitting,  tail  erect,  the  frisky,  saucy  hump  ! 
An  August-bug,  withtlong-drawn  whir-r,  went  slowly  sailing  by, 
And  happy  swallows  skimmed  and  wheeled  between  us  and  the  sky. 

And  then  our  eyes  went  slowly  o'er  the  objects  in  the  room  : 
The  pile  of  hemlock,  by  the  door,  already  for  a  broom  ; 
The  oak-leaf  festoons  on  the  wall ;  the  long  seats,  row^by  row  ; 
The  water-pail,  on  the  front  bench,  with  dusty  pools  below ; 

The  battered  old  tin  dipper,  with  its  rusty  base  and  brim ; — 
And  here  we  made  a  pilgrimage  in  sudden  thirsty  whim. 
Then  o'er  the  teacher's  desk  we  looked,  with  eager,  searching  face, 
Hoping,  amid  the  knots  and  stains,  a  new  scene  we  might  trace. 

The  rusty  old  box-stove  was  gay  with  fragrant  tufts  of  fern, 
And  all  the  rambling  funnel,  in  its  every  crook  and  turn, 
Was  misty  with  asparagus,  where  flies  in  busy  glee 
Swung  up  and  down,  so  free  and  glad,  it  made  us  wild  to  see. 

Oh,  how  the  time  dragged !  Are  these  months  so  long  as  first  school  days? 

They  are  the  darkest  points  I  see,  way  back  there  in  the  haze. 

Ah,  now,  when  every  passing  hour  is  full  to  overflow, 

The  thinking  on  those  taskless  times  is  the  best  rest  we  know  ! 

No  freed,  wild  creature  from  the  wood  ere  sped  to  its  abode 
More  gladly  than  we  bounded  home  through  that  long,  winding  road, 
With  dinner-pails  that  swung  and  flashed  at  every  joyous  turn, 
And  gleaning  lessons  all  the  way  that  were  not  hard  to  learn. 

Our  father's  fifty  acre  farm  !     How  full  of  nooks  t'was  stored ! 

Oh  !  it  seemed  larger  than  this  town,  with  regions  unexplored. 

We  never  saw  such  bees  and  birds  as  joined  us  at  our  play, 

Nor  fields  so  full  of  sweet  wild  flowers.     You  call  them  weeds  to-day. 

No  modern  mower  er'e  was  seen  through  those  fair  fields  to  pass, 
Scaring  the  merry  bobolinks  from  homes  deep  in  the  grass  ; 
Nor  one  of  all  the  clanking  things  that  these  new  farms  infest 
Went  clattering  across  those  vales,  like  demons  of  unrest. 

A  slender  pathway,  like  a  thread,  now  hidden,  and  now  seen, 
Ran  through  the  line  of  rustling  corn  and  off  across  the  green, 
With  mazy  curves  and  wayside  charms  our  young  feet  to  beguile, 
Till,  at  the  wall,  another  path  met  it  beyond  the  stile. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  25 

What  pleasant  people  came  and  went  through  those  remembered  ways ! 
There  was  no  dearth  of  uncles,  aunts,  or  cousins,  in  those  days. 
And  oh,  the  dear  old  grand-parents,  with  hearts  so  warm  and  true  ! 
So  mindful  of  each  childish  want  in  all  our  noisy  crew ! 

In  that  old  town  all  things  were  bright  within  its  ample  lines. 
No  bugs  were  on  the  roses  then,  no  blight  upon  the  vines. 
And  didn't  berries  ripen  sweet  through  nine  months  of  the  year? 
Then,  oh,  the  jolly  harvest  time,  with  all  its  added  cheer ! 

There  was  no  empty  houses  then,  beside  the  roads  to  rise, 
Mocking  us  with  the  ghostliness  of  their  dull,  vacant  eyes  ; 
Nor  were  there  strange  new  faces  glancing  from  familiar  nooks, 
Without  a  hint  of  love  for  us  in  their  cold,  curious  looks. 

There  were  no  grave-yards  in  that  town  of  which  we  were  aware, 
Only  a  few  old,  mossy  graves  that  always  had  been  there, 
With  quaint,  dark  stones  telling  us  when  the  sleepers  went  away. 
Not  one  of  these  cold  marble  slabs  that  chill  our  hearts  to-day. 

Barnstead !     Her  fields  are  rich  and  green,  her  meadows  fair  to  see  ; 
Her  pasture  lands  are  dotted  o'er  with  cattle,  roving  free  ; 
Her  forests  spread  their  shadows  broad  in  many  a  sylvan  place  ; 
Her  hills  trail  low  against  the  sky  in  curving  lines  of  grace. 

On  her  fair  ponds  the  lilies  lie  in  all  their  wealth  of  bloom, 
While  from  their  banks  rings  out  the  clear,  wild  laughter  of  the  loon ; 
Her  streamlets  glide  down  grassy  slopes  with  merry  song  and  flash ; 
Her  waterfalls  leap  from  her  heights  with  frantic  plunge  and  dash. 

And  though  her  sons  and  daughters  roam  through  all  the  big,  round 

earth, 
A  goodly  company  still  fills  the  home  that  gave  them  birth. 
And  younger  ones  are  coming  up  to  join  the  thinning  band, 
While  peace  and  plenty,  side  by  side,  make  glad  the  pleasant  land. 

Then  here's  cheer  for  Barnstead  town,  just  as  she  stands  to-day  ; 
And  here's  one  for  her  girls  and  boys,  who've  never  strayed  away  ; 
Another  for  the  distant  ones,  who  hold  her  memory  dear; 
And  one  more  for  the  wanderers,  who've  once  more  gathered  here. 

But  when  I  speak  of  that  old  town  that  has  so  long  been  dead, 
I  feel  like  standing  silently,  with  bowed,  uncovered  head. 


26  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

Notk.  It  is  with  sincere  regret  that  the  Editor  reports  his  inabil- 
ity to  procure  a  copy  of  the  Oration  of  Dr.  Quint  for  publication. 
Several  letters  were  written  him,  requesting  a  copy,  but  they  failed 
to  elicit  any  response,  and  reluctantly  the  book  is  sent  to  the  printer 
without  it.  [Ed.] 


THE    DINNER. 


On  adjourning,  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.,  from  the  Stand 
at  which  the  morning  exercises  had  been  held,  the 
company  moved  to  the  Dining  Tent,  where  tables 
were  loaded  with  substantial  food  and  varied  del- 
icacies, prepared  by  Barnstead's  fair  daughters  for 
the  guests  to  the  family  gathering. 

After  dinner  a  short  time  was  spent  in  social 
greetings  and  renewing  old  acquaintances  and 
friendships,  when  the  thrilling  notes  of  the  Band 
again  called  them  to  the  Stand. 

The  President  called  them  to  order  and  intro- 
duced Dr.  H.  C.  Canney,  of  Manchester,  who 
read  the  following  Poem: 

BARNSTEAD. 

[Written  for  and  read  at  the  Reunion  held  at  Barnstead,  N.  H., 
August  30,  1882.] 

BY   DR.    H.    C.    CANNEY. 

Old  Barnstead  !  grand  and  noble  town, 
The  fairest  gem  in  a  nation's  crown, 
With  thy  broad  fields,  thy  hills  and  waters, 
Thy  noble  sons  and  peerless  daughters. 

Thy  daughters  fair,  wherever  found, 
With  memories  sweet  thy  name  surround ; 
Thy  absent  sons,  where'er  they  roam, 
Still  think  of  thee,  old  town,  as  home. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION.  27 

Xo  skies  so  fair  have  they  e'er  seen, 
No  birds  so  gay,  no  fields  so  green, 
Xo  other  waters  e'er  so  bright, 
As  sparkled  to  their  youthful  sight. 

Then  life  seemed  bright  as  morning's  dew, 
And  earth  seemed  good  and  pure  and  true. 
O,  that  those  dreams  were  dreams  of  truth, — 
Those  of  our  free  and  buoyant  youth . 

But  'mid  this  day  of  festal  gladness 
We  will  remember,  not  in  sadness, 
How  far  from  childhood's  faith  we  turned, 
As  we  life's  bitter  lessons  learned. 

Again  we  view  each  treasured  nook, 
By  rocky  height  or  babbling  brook, 
And  they  bring  back  with  magic  power, 
Remembrance  of  youth's  fleeting  hour. 

It  only  seems  the  other  day, 
We  frolicked  there  in  childhood's  play, 
And  we  forget  the  flight  of  years, 
Life's  struggles,  triumphs,  joys  and  tears. 

As  here  we  meet  'mid  scenes  of  yore, 
And  friend  greets  friend  with  joy  once  more ; 
We  join  the  sport,  and  not  in  vain, 
We  dream  that  we  are  young  again. 

Though  passing  time  has  left  its  traces 
Upon  the  old,  familiar  faces ; 
And  many  to-day  we  miss  among 
Those  dear  to  us  when  life  was  young. 

Old  Barnstead,  'round  our  natal  shrine, 
The  strongest  tendrils  always  twine, 
'Round  early  friends  and  playmates  dear, 
Now  in  reunion  gathered  here. 

rl  hen  let  joy's  merry  tones  ring  out, 
Ring  far  and  wide  in  gladsome  shout, 
Till  vale  and  hill  shall  give  reply 
In  echoes  sounding  to  the  sky  ! 


28  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

Long  may  the  old  town  guard  with  care 
That  honored  station  now  its  share ; 
And  may  its  truant  children  all 
Return  at  each  reunion's  call, 

To  pass  at  least  one  happy  day 
With  those  at  ho?ne,  who  wisely  stay, 
To  ever  keep  thy  growing  fame, — 
With  them  'tis  safe — thy  honored  name. 

From  heaven  to  earth  no  bliss  descends 
More  pure  than  greeting  childhood's  friends ; 
And  may  we  hope  reunions  here 
Will  mark  with  joy  each  passing  year. 

For  they  will  ever  truly  be 
Like  islands  green  in  life's  drear  sea, 
And  grown  more  dear  as  years  shall  glide 
Adown  times  ever  ebbing  tide. 

Yet  'mid  our  joys  comes  thought  of  pain, 
We  may  not  all  meet  here  again  ; 
For  one  by  one  we  journey  'lone 
Unto  the  land  of  the  unknown. 

But  through  the  years  of  coming  time, 
As  pilgrims  in  an  eastern  clime 
Gather  at  Mecca,  their  shrine  so  dear — 
So  may  our  children  gather  here. 

When  earth  and  time  no  more  shall  be, 
I  hope  and  trust,  old  friends,  that  we 
Shall  yet  a  grand  reunion  hold 
'Yond  gates  of  pearl,  in  streets  of  gold. 

After  the  Poem,  the  Secretary  read  the  follow- 
ing letters: 

LETTER  OF  REV.  S.  D.  JEWETT,  OF  MIDDLETOWN,  CONN. 

Middletown,  Ct.,  Aug.  23, 1882. 
Rev.  Wm.  0.  Carr, — 

Dear  Sir:   I  have  received   the  invitation  of   the  Ex. 
Committee  to  attend  the  Reunion  at  Barnstead  Aug.  30. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  29 

Your  letter  of  the  17th  came  with  the  request  that  I  lead 
in  the  opening  prayer.  Could  I  be  present  I  would  stand 
in  my  lot,  and  do  what  I  might  to  add  to  the  interest  of 
the  occasion.  But  I  must  decline  to  accept  your  kind  invi- 
tation. I  excuse  myself  on  the  score  of  distance,  home 
duties  and  age. 

The  first  settlers  of  Barnstead  are  well  remembered  by 
me.  Although  I  have  not  lately  visited  my  native  place 
bodily,  yet  I  am  often  there  in  spirit.  Among  the  dead 
and  living  are  my  kindred.  I  can  now  see  distinctly  the 
form  and  face  of  Esquire  Charles  Hodgdon,  Lef tenant  Ben- 
jamin Nutter,  Uncle  Lord,  Uncle  Joseph  and  'Deborah 
Bunker,  Deacon  Ebenezer  Nutter  and  his  wife,  riding  six 
miles  on  horseback  to  meeting. 

I  have  the  History  of  Barnstead  and  read  it  with  great 
pleasure,  and  if  it  has  some  irrelevant  matter  and  a  super- 
abundance of  poetry,  it  is  what  was  wanted — a  correct  his- 
tory of  Barnstead.  It  need  not  be  said  that  the  pioneers 
of  Barnstead  were  almost  a  unit  in  politics.  At  one  time 
there  were  but  two  Federal  votes  found  in  the  ballot-box — 
one  of  these  was  thrown  out  by  my  father,  the  other  by 
Uncle  Locke  of  the  north  part  of  the  town.  Your  venera- 
ble predecessor,  Rev.  Enos  George,  was  earnest  and  effi- 
cient to  perpetuate  the  same  ratio. 

If  Barnstead  has  not  increased  in  population  as  some 
towns  have,  it  is  because  so  many  of  her  sons  have  emi- 
grated. 

I  am  surprised  to  see  the  catalogue  of  professional  and 
educated  men  that  Barnstead  has  sent  out.  What  town  of 
equal  population  can  compare  with  it  in  this  respect  ?  I 
have  many  pleasant  memories  of  Barnstead  Parade.  I  am 
now  over  eighty  years  old,  and  have  some  of  the  peevish- 
ness of  old  age ;  but  when  I  remember  the  follies  and  mis- 
chief of  early  days,  my  fault-finding  is  suppressed  and  I 
am  charitable. 


30  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

God  bless  old  Barnstead !  He  brought  a  strong  and 
vigorous  colony  there,  led  by  a  pious  servant  of  his  own 
choice.  He  has  sustained  them  since,  and  now  permits 
them  to  sit  in  peace  and  plenty  under  their  own  vine  and 
fig  tree.  This  Reunion  should  be  full  of  gratitude  to  God, 
and  full  of  faith  in  him  for  the  future. 

Let  it  close  with  every  voice  in  a  grand  chorus, 

"  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 

From  your  aged  townsman, 

S.  D.  JEWETT. 


LETTER  OF  J.  C  SCRIGGINS,  ESQ. 

Storm  Lake,  Iowa,  Aug  11,  1882. 
Horace  N.  Colbath,  Esq., — 

Dear  Sir:  I  received  your  kind  invitation  to  attend  the 
Reunion  of  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  Barnstead,  Aug.  30th. 

I  should  be  happy  to  come  and  see  long  remembered 
faces  and  take  one  more  look  over  the  hills  and  valleys  of 
my  native  town,  the  home  'of  my  boyhood,  before  I  go  to 
that  "  bourne  from  which  no  traveller  returns." 

But  it  is  impossible.  I  am  all  alone,  and  have  cows, 
horses,  and  swine  to  care  for  and  look  after  as  well  as 
farm  crops  to  gather. 

I  cannot  write  you  my  feelings,  as  I  am  not  used  to 
much  writing,  but  I  enclose  some  verses  that  I  found  in  a 
paper,  that  in  many,  respects  truly  expresses  my  own  ex- 
perience : 

In  the  home  of  my  childhood,  where  tall  poplars  grew, 
Was  a  huge  kitchen  fire-place  homely  to  view, 
With  its  old-fashioned  crane  and  its  trammels  of  wire, 
That  swung  the  "  cook-pot "  o'er  the  old  kitchen  fire. 

Back-logs  were,  in  winter,  piled  up  to  the  flue, 

With  fore-sticks  of  hick'ry,  or  maple  in  lieu; 

Whence  bright  cheerful  flames  would  leap  higher  and  higher, 

Till  all  was  aglow  'round  the  old  kitchen  fire. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  31 

In  autumn  the  bacon  and  shoulders  and  hams 
Were  hung  up  to  cure  in  those  ample  old  jambs, 
And  all  the  home  comforts  that  heart  could  desire, 
Were  plenty  and  free  'round  that  old  kitchen  fire. 

When  the  chores  were  all  done,  and  the  back-log  in  place 
We  drew  round  the  table,  and  bowing  for  "  grace," 
All  joined  in  thanksgiving,  pronounced  by  the  sire, 
For  blessings  surrounding  our  old  kitchen  fire. 

Oft-times  was  that  kitchen  the  neighbors'  resort 
For  social  enjoyment  or  juvenile  sport, 
And  children  would  cluster  around  our  grandsire 
To  hear  his  war-tales  by  the  old  kitchen  fire. 

The  purest  enjoyments  I  ever  have  known 
Were  those  when  I  mingled  at  home  with  my  own — 
With  parents  and  children,  and  household  entire, 
Assembled  around  the  dear  old  kitchen  fire. 

One  soul  was  as  gentle  and  sweet  as  the  dove — 
The  bond  of  our  circle,  its  centre  of  love, 
Whose  hands  though  oft  weary,  seem  never  to  tire 
Of  labors  of  love  'round  the  old  kitchen  fire. 

As  the  mother-bird  guardeth  the  nest  of  her  brood, 
Thus  watchful  was  she  for  our  safety  and  good  ; 
And  often  she  toiled,  after  all  would  retire, 
Our  garments  to  mend  by  the  old  kitchen  fire. 

In  search  of  enjoyment  I've  roved  the  world  round, 
'Along  the  grave  and  the  festive,  and  yet  I've  not  found 
Tn  all  life's  allurements  one  charm  to  admire 
Like  the  home  scenes  of  yore  'round  the  old  kitchen  fire. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kind  invitation,  I  am 
Your  ob't  servant, 

JOSHUA  C.  SCRIGGINS. 


32  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

LETTER  OF  WILLIAM  G.  DREW. 

Quincy,  Plumas  Co.,  California, 

August  13, 1882. 
Horace  N.  Colbath, — 

Dear  Sir :  I  hereby  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your 
kind  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  Barnstead  Reunion, 
with  sincere  regrets  that  I  cannot  be  there. 

Yet  I  would  say  to  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead, 
Dear  Brothers  and  Sisters,  Greeting  from  one  who  holds 
in  most  affectionate  remembrance  the  home  of  his  child- 
hood— old  Barnstead,  in  Yankee  land. 

You  may  be  sure,  my  friends,  I  am  with  you  in  spirit 
although  materially  I  am  three  thousand  miles  away. 

When  I  first  came  to  California,  I  was  introduced  to  a 
gentleman,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  who  asked  from 
what  part  of  the  state  I  came.  With  pride  I  answered  from 
Barnstead.  "A  good  place  to  come  from,"  said  he,  em- 
phatically. 

But  I,  for  one,  think  it  is  a  good  place  to  live  in,  and  a 
good  place  to  return  to ;  and  truly  I  hope  when  you  have 
another  Reunion  I  may  be  there  in  person. 

Wishing  you  all  much  pleasure  at  your  Reunion, 
I  am,  with  respect,  yours,  <fec, 

WM.  GARLAND  DREW. 


1st  Sentiment: 

Old  Barnstead — A  good  town  to  go  from — a 
better  one  to  return  to. 

Responded  to  by  Hon.  H.  A.  Tuttle,  as  follows : 
Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

Thirty  years  ago  to-day  I  left  the  old  shoe  shop,  opposite 
Shackford's  Hotel,  and  went  out  into  the  world  to  seek  my 
fortune. 


THE  BABNSTEAD  EEUNION.  33 

I  went  with  the  kind  wishes  of  the  people  ringing  in  my 
ears,  and  with  the  thought  that  after  all  Barnstead  was  a 
pretty  good  place  from  which  to  go. 

Somehow  I  never  could  make  up  my  mind  to  settle  in 
the  rich  regions  of  the  West  as  have  many  emigrants  from 
Barnstead. 

I  still  clung  to  the  old  Granite  State,  and  finally  adopted 
the  neighboring  town  of  Pittsfield  as  my  home.  I  went 
into  business  there  and  soon  found,  by  the  liberal  patronage 
and  cheering  words  of  her  people,  how  Barnstead  would 
stand  by  her  sons. 

Yes,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  Barnstead  is  a  good  town  to 
go  from — you  are  never  forgotten.  The  people  rejoice  with 
you  in  your  prosperity,  and  weep  with  you  in  your  ad- 
versity. 

What  a  hearty  welcome  they  give  you  when  you  return  ! 
and  how  proud  you  are  that  Barnstead  is  your  native  town. 

Barnstead !  The  birthplace  of  such  men  as  the  orator 
of  the  day,  the  learned  Quint  of  Dover,  Judge  Clark  of 
Manchester,  the  "  Barnstead  Boy,"  Hon.  John  G.  Sinclair, 
Hon.  J.  P.  Newell,  Col.  Murphy  the  present  Mayor  of  Do- 
ver, Col.  Edgerly  of  Manchester,  and  a  host  of  others  who 
are  present  here  to-day. 

But  who  have  always  wished  us  God-speed  in  every  good 
purpose  ?  Who  have  given  us  the  heartiest  welcome  to- 
day ?  Who  have  entertained  us  pleasantly  ?  Who  have 
supplied  the  wants  of  the  inner  man  ?  Without  whom 
would  this  Reunion  have  been  an  utter  failure  ?  The  sons 
of  Barnstead  ?  No  !  The  daughters  of  Barnstead !  May 
they  live  long  and  prosper. 

Sir :  We  have  found  out  to-day  that  Barnstead  is  even 
a  better  place  to  return  to,  than  to  go  from.  Let  us  return 
oftener !  Let  the  old  ties  of  kinship  and  of  friendship  be 
closer  drawn  about  us,  and  may  old  Barnstead  see  our 
faces  oftener  in  the  future  than  she  has  in  the  past. 


34  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

2d  Sentiment: 

A  kind  remembrance  to  the  Sons  and  Daughters 
of  Barnstead  providentially  detained  from  our 
Reunion. 

Response  by  Gol.  E.  S.  Nutter,  Concord,  N.  H., 
as  follows: 

Mr.  President: 

It  would  have  pleased  me  far  better  had  it  fallen  to  the 
lot  of  some  more  eloquent  son  of  our  good  old  town  to 
respond  to  this  toast.  Yet  I  am  sure  that  no  one  among 
them  all,  at  home  or  abroad,  cherishes  a  warmer  love  for 
old  Barnstead,  or  a  stronger  regard  for  all  her  sons  and 
daughters,  wherever  they  may  be  found.  There  is  no 
more  pleasant  occurrence  in  ordinary  life  than  the  family 
reunion,  where  all  the  absent  sons  and  daughters  come 
back  to  the  home  of  their  childhood  and  gather  beneath 
the  old  roof-tree,  as  in  the  days  of  the  past.  Ours,  to-day, 
is  a  reunion  upon  a  larger  scale.  Many  families  are  gath- 
ered here,  all  with  a  common  interest,  all  responding  to 
the  call  of  a  common  mother — the  town  whose  name  we 
honor,  and  whose  soil  we  love.  While  we  live  the  memory 
of  this  occasion  will  be  one  of  the  brightest  things  of  life. 
Yet  there  is  no  pleasure  without  alloy ;  no  joy  without 
some  tinge  of  sadness.  As  we  have  met  old  friends  and 
renewed  old  friendships,  we  are  sensibly  reminded  of  the 
fact  that  there  are  those  who  were  with  us  in  other  days, 
whose  faces  we  have  not  seen  and  whose  voices  we  have 
not  heard  to-day.  Some  of  them — many,  indeed — have 
passed  beyond  the  reach  of  any  mortal  mother's  call.  Others 
may  have  received  the  summons,  but  have  been  unable  to 
respond.  Some  are  disabled  by  the  infirmities  of  age — 
worn  and  wearied  by  long  and  faithful  services  in  life's 
great  fields  of  labor.  Others  are  confined  by  business 
cares  which  cannot  be  laid  aside,  even  for  a  brief  interval. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION.  35 

Others,  still,  are  separated  from  us  by  long  distance,  beyond 
their  means  to  overcome,  however  strong  their  inclination 
and  desire.  There  is  no  section  of  the  state,  no  part  of 
the  country,  where  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead 
are  not  to  be  found ;  and  wherever  they  are,  we  may  be 
sure  they  have  done  and  are  doing  their  duty  well  and 
faithfully.  In  every  walk  of  life — in  law  and  politics,  in 
the  ministry  and  in  the  school-room,  in  trade  and  manufac- 
ture, and  in  every  line  of  industry,  the  representatives  of 
our  good  old  town  are  found  in  the  front  ranks.  Some  of 
the  most  successful  of  the  number  are  here  to-day. 

We  rejoice  in  their  presence,  and  gladly  listen  to  their 
words  of  kindly  cheer. 

But  to  the  absent  ones,  whether  known  or  unknown  to 
worldly  fame  and  honor,  our  thoughts  turn  at  this  time. 

They  are  our  brothers  and  sisters — children  of  the  dear 
old  mother  town — and  wherever  they  are,  scattered  up  and 
down  the  state,  or  all  over  the  Union,  or  even  beyond  its 
borders  as  many  are,  we  may  be  sure  that  their  hearts  are 
with  us  now,  even  as  our  hearts  go  out  to  them.  Though 
absent  in  body  they  are  present  in  spirit.  They  have  not 
forgotten  their  native  hills  and  valleys  and  the  friends  and 
associations  of  childhood  and  youth.  They  will  cherish 
the  memory  of  these  as  long  and  faithfully  as  the  lessons 
of  honesty,  frugality,  and  patriotism,  which  they  learned 
in  their  midst — and  have  followed  through  life.  Though 
with  us  on  this  glad  occasion  in  thought  and  wish  alone, 
we  cannot  doubt  that  our  absent  friends  await  with  deepest 
interest  the  report  of  our  reunion,  and  all  its  exercises  and 
details. 

They  will  hear  of  it  in  their  homes,  they  will  read  the 
story  of  its  grand  success  with  true  and  loyal  pride ;  but 
the  half  even  can  never  be  told  or  written. 

Only  those  who  participated  in  person  can  have  an  real- 
izing sense  of  the  pleasure  and  success  of  this  day  and 
occasion.     So  it  is  that  we  regret,  as  deeply  as  they  can  do, 


36  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

that  so  many  of  our  friends  have  been  unable  to  gather 
with  us  to  day — that  we  -do  not  enjoy  their  presence,  and 
that  the  full  measure  of  what  we  do  enjoy  cannot  be  shared 
with  them.  We  can  only  send  them  fraternal  greeting, 
and  the  assurance  of  affectionate  regard. 

3d  Sentiment: 

Old  Barnstead — Her  fair  fame  a  sure  passport 
for  her  sons  wherever  they  go;  her  principles  a 
guarantee  of  success. 

Col.  M.  B.  Y.  Edgerly,  of  Manchester,  tf.  H., 
responded,  briefly,  as  follows: 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

To-day  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead  meet  to 
celebrate  their  first  reunion. 

Let  us  consider  for  a  moment  some  of  the  characteris- 
tics of  the  old  town  and  its  children. 

There  is  a  natural  variety  of  men  and  women.  Some 
are  brave  and  intelligent,  some  timid  and  despondent ;  and 
to  understand  why  all  are  not  equal,  why  one  should  be 
more  especially  fitted  to  their  work  than  another,  we  should 
go  back  to  their  birthplace,  to  their  first  surroundings,  and 
find  out  the  peculiar  characteristics  of  their  birthplace — 
for  in  every  country  man  is  deeply  rooted  into  the  soil  of 
nature. 

Generally  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead  are  push- 
ing, energetic,  and  trustworthy,  and  are  striving  to  reach 
an  honorable  position  in'  life  ;  and  when  they  have  reached 
the  pinnacle  of  their  ambition,  they  bring  not  only  honor  to 
themselves  but  to  their  native  town,  the  birthplace  where 
their  principles  were  nurtured  and  sustained. 

The  better  and  higher  the  principles,  the  more  capable 
the  people,  and  more  richly  endowed  with  honesty  and  in- 
tegrity. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  37 

Both  the  mental  and  physical  structure  of  mankind  de- 
pend more  or  less  upon  surroundings. 

The  lovelier  the  landscape  the  more  poetic  the  race ; 
and  in  such  a  town  as  old  Barnstead,  undulating  with  hill 
and  vale,  mankind  contracts  a  temperament  and  a  charac- 
ter corresponding  to  it. 

I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  whatever  of  fame  and 
honor  has  been  achieved  by  the  sons  and  daughters  of 
Barnstead  they  owe  much  to  the  inspiration  born  of  the 
rugged  hills  of  their  native  town.  And  I  am  glad  to  know 
that  she  has  sent  into  the  various  walks  of  life  her  sons 
and  daughters  who  have  shed  a  brilliancy  upon  her  name 
and  exerted  a  healthful  influence  upon  the  affairs  of  the 
state,  of  which  we  may  all  be  proud. 

With  many  thanks,  Mr.  President,  for  your  flattering 
introduction  and  kind  wishes,  and  with  bright  hopes  for 
the  future  prosperity  of  old  Barnstead,  allow  me  to  give 
place  to  others. 

4th  Sextiment: 

The  adopted  sons  of  Barnstead — They  have 
honored  her  name  and  she  rejoices  in  their  success. 

Hon.  C.  M.  Murphy  of  Dover,  1ST.  H.,  respond- 
ed, as  follows: 

Mr  President : 

I  have  no  difficulty  in  admitting  that  a  well-situated, 
thrifty,  and  attractive  New  England  town,  must  owe  a  good 
deal  to  its  adopted  sons.  One  is  not  consulted  about  his 
birthplace,  but  his  head  and  heart  have  to  do  with  the 
choice  of  associates  and  surroundings.  My  recollections 
of  Barnstead  are  exceedingly  pleasant.  Many  changes 
have  taken  place  in  Yankee  land  since  I  was  a  long-legged 
boy  in  this  town.  Many  of  the  old  seaports  are  now  well- 
nigh  deserted  ;  regions  that  were  then  wholly  agricultural, 
are    now   wholly    manufacturing ;    turnpikes    then    much 


38  THE    BARN8TEAD    REUNION. 

frequented,  are  now  largely  abandoned ;  capital  has 
changed  quarters,  and  the  future  promises  other  and  still 
more  important  departures.  But  to  me,  Barnstead  still 
preserves  its  old-time  certainty  and  invariability.  The 
vicissitudes  which  have  disturbed  other  places,  seem  not 
to  have  affected  this.  If  my  opinion  is  a  correct  one,  and 
I  entertain  no  doubt  and  fear  no  contradiction,  there  must 
be  a  good  reason  for  such  steadiness,  integrity,  and  single- 
ness of  purpose.  Shall  the  reason  be  sought  for  in  its 
early  history  ?  My  friend,  Dr.  Quint,  who  lives  a  part  of 
his  time  in  the  17th  century,  and  knows  more  about  the 
early  settlers  of  New  Hampshire  towns  than  most  of  us 
do  of  our  childhood,  can  answer  the  question.  Pictur- 
esque or  ugly,  we  are  bound  to  speak  well  of  our  birth- 
place, but  it  is  a  good  test  of  one's  liking  for  a  locality,  if 
coming  to  it  as  a  stranger,  and  leaving  it  before  maturity,  he 
loves  to  revisit  it,  and  continues  through  busy,  engrossing 
years,  to  hold  pleasing  and  hearty  interest  in  its  welfare. 
This  test,  Mr.  President,  I  meet  fully,  and  confidently  be- 
lieve, that  time,  in  this  respect,  can  work  no  change  in  me. 

5th  Sentiment: 

The  emigrant  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead 
— Wherever  may  be  their  abiding  place  or  what- 
ever their  duties,  let  them  never  forget  that  they 
cannot  be  delinquent  without  being  degenerate. 

Hon  John  P.  Newell,  of  Manchester,  IS".  H., 
eloquently  responded  as  follows : 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and   Gentlemen, 

Fellow- Citizens  of  Barnstead : 

I  am  glad  to  be  with  you  to-day,  and  to  be  permitted  to 
look  once  more  into  your  honest  faces  and  to  feel  once 
more  the  pressure  of  your  friendly  hands.  I  am  glad  that 
those  of  you  who  still  abide  in  or  near  your  ancestral  homes 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION.  39 

have  found  it  in  your  hearts  to  inaugurate  and  carry  into  suc- 
cessful execution  this  reunion  of  the  sons  and  daughters 
of  old  Barnstead.  The  occasion  revives  old  associations  and 
brings  back  fondly  to  my  memory  the  happy  days  of  my 
boyhood,  and  all  the  cherished  friendships  of  my  early  life. 

Though  it  is  now  many  years  since  my  father  moved 
into  an  adjoining  town,  and  made  a  home  for  himself  and 
his  family.  Yet  even  to  this  day,  whenever  in  my  dreams 
I  am  in  my  father's  house,  it  is  always  the  dear  old  home 
on  the  Province  road,  in  South  Barnstead,  where  I  was 
born. 

Every  rod  of  my  father's  farm,  and  every  spot  in  all  the 
neighborhood,  is  to  me  hallowed  ground ;  and  I  adopt,  as 
expressing  my  own  feelings,  the  words  of  the  poet : 

"  How  dear  to  my  heart  are  the  scenes  of  my  childhood, 
As  fond  recollection  presents  them  to  view  : 
The  orchard,  the  meadow,  the  deep  tangled  wild-wood, 
And  every  loved  spot  my  infancy  knew." 

A  distinguished  son  of  New  Hampshire,  who,  in  his 
young  manhood,  joined  the  tide  of  emigration  towards  the 
setting  sun  and  made  himself  famous  in  a  western  state,  is 
said  once  to  have  made  the  remark  that  New  Hampshire 
was  a  good  state  to  emigrate  from,  and  many  have  sup- 
posed that  Gen.  Cass  meant  this  in  disparagement  t)f  his 
native  state.  But,  no ;  he  intended  to  say,  that  the  train- 
ing a  young  man  gets  in  New  Hampshire  in  matters  of 
industry,  enterprise,  economy,  and  unwavering  honesty, 
will  ensure  his  success  wherever  he  may  go  and  whoever 
may  be  his  competitors.  And  if  the  sons  of  Barnstead 
who  have  gone  forth  from  your  midst  have  achieved  any- 
thing of  success — and  you  have  no  occasion  to  blush  for 
them  to-day— it  is  because  of  the  training  they  received  in 
the  dear  old  homes  in  Barnstead,  and  of  the  healthful 
influences  that  were  about  them  during  all  the  years  of 
their  childhood  and  youth ;  and  among  those  influences, 


40  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

whose  tendency  was  to  form  high  and  manly  character, 
were  the  well  kept  public  and  select  schools  in  town,  and 
the  honest  life  and  worthy  example  of  the  fathers  and 
mothers.  But  not  the  least  among  these  influences  that 
helped  to  form  the  character  of  the  young,  was  the  elevat- 
ing influence  of  that  good  man  who  was  often  a  teacher 
in  our  public  schools  and  who  for  more  than  fifty  years 
was  a  minister  of  the  gospel  in  this  town.  I  refer,  of 
course,  Mr.  President,  to  your  honored  father,  the  Rev. 
Enos  George,  of  blessed  memory. 

I  see  by  the  census  reports  that  the  population  of  Barn- 
stead  is  less  than  it  was  some  years  ago.  In  seeking  for 
the  causes  of  this  diminished  population,  I  desire  to  ask, 
Where  now  are  those  homes,  that  used  to  exist  here,  full 
of  healthy  and  happy  children  ?  Why,  I  remember  four 
families  that  once  lived  over  on  the  Province  road  in  which 
there  were  fifty-four  children,  and  the  number  in  the  sev- 
eral families  increased  in  regular  progression — twelve, 
thirteen,  fourteen,  and  fifteen — fifty -four  in  all. 

I  believe  in  the  policy  and  the  justice  of  giving  pensions 
to  those  brave  but  disabled  soldiers,  who,  during  the  late 
rebellion,  endured  hardships  and  imperiled  life  in  defence 
of  the  American  Union.  But  I  think,  Mr.  President,  it 
would  be  a  no  less  wise  and  just  thing  to  pension  those 
mothers  of  a  numerous  offspring. 

Another  reason  for  the  depopulation  of  these  country 
towns  may  be  found  in  the  fact  that  the  boys  who  have 
been  born  and  reared  here,  as  soon  as  they  grow  to  man- 
hood, and  even  before  that  time,  leave  their  homes  and 
their  fathers'  farms,  and  flock  to  the  cities  in  quest  of  em- 
ployment. 

In  this  way,  families  are  broken  up,  and  the  children  are 
scattered  far  and  wide,  leaving  father  and  mother  in  their 
enfeebled  age  to  plod  on,  as  best  they  may,  until  life's  jour- 
ney is  finished. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  41 

In  many  cases  I  believe  this  to  be  a  grave  mistake,  if, 
indeed,  it  be  not  a  crime.  Let  the  homes,  as  far  as  this 
can  be  done,  be  made  beautiful  and  attractive,  well  sup- 
supplied  with  choice  books  and  daily  or  weekly  papers  and 
whatever  else  is  calculated  to  embellish  life  and  form 
manly  character,  and  then  let  the  boys  remain  at  home,  or 
in  near  neighborhood  of  home,  a  help  to  each  other  and  be  a 
comfort  and  solace  to  their  fathers  and  mothers,  to  whom 
they  are  bound  by  every  tie  of  nature  and  by  every  consid- 
eration of  gratitude  and  love. 

And  now,  Mr.  President,  I  will  close  with  a  heartfelt 
wish  for  continued  prosperity  and  happiness  to  all  the  good 
people  of  old  Barnstead. 

6th  Sentiment: 

The  town  of  Barnstead — She  loves  her  hills  and 
beautiful  valleys,  but  feeling  the  sentiment  and 
borrowing  the  language  of  the  Roman  mother, 
she  points  to  her  children,  and  exclaims,  "  These 
are  my  jewels." 

Rev.  Frank  H.  Lyford  was  called  upon  to  re- 
spond to  this  sentiment.  Having  taken  the  stand, 
he  said: 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

Worthy  sons  and  daughters  of  noble  sires  :  Jewels  of 
old  Barnstead  :  Happy  am  I  to  greet  you  on  this  occasion  : 
An  occasion  alike  honorable  to  yourselves  and  those  who 
have  gone  before  you. 

Why !  bless  your  dear  souls,  it  does  me  good  to  behold 
your  upturned  faces,  with  blooming  cheeks  and  sparkling 
eyes. 

The  very  air  we  breathe  is  fraught  with  beauty  and  fra- 
grance. And,  although  not  to  the  manor  born,  yet  my 
associations  with  this  people,  and  my  former  residence  in 


42  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

this  good  old  town,  have  been  of  such  a  nature  as  to  make 
every  inch  of  her  soil,  from  Beauty  Hill  to  Blue  Job,  and 
all  the  way  along  the  beautiful  Suncook,  dear  to  my  heart 
and  memory.  And  every  man,  woman,  and  child  among 
you  seems,  as  it  were,  my  own  kitli  and  kin. 

One  can  scarcely  enjoy  an  occasion  like  this,  with  the 
cordial  greetings  and  hearty  handshakings  of  so  many 
dear  old  friends,  without  being  made  a  better  and  happier 
man. 

May  we  go  from  this  Reunion  to  our  several  homes,  bet- 
ter prepared  to  take  up  the  weapons  of  our  warfare  in 
life's  great  struggle,  and,  the  good  Lord  helping  us,  may 
we  each  be  enabled  to  accomplish  more  for  His  glory  and 
the  good  of  man  than  hitherto  we  have  done. 

1  am  proud  of  my  connection  with  this  people, — proud 
of  this  occasion, — glad  of  the  high  privilege  of  being  pres- 
ent with  you  to-day,  and  of  being  counted  worthy  of  hold- 
ing a  position  among-  the  former  residents  of  your  town, 
a  town  whose  people  have  honored  me  with  their  confi- 
dence and  support  on  more  than  one  occasion. 

Although  not  in  the  political  world  at  present,  there  is 
something  ill  our  surroundings,  or  in  the  air  we  breathe  to- 
day, that  seems  to  spur  me  up  to  do  something  entirely  out 
of  my  line.  I  see  upon  this  stand  some  noble  specimens 
of  "  Young  America" — sons  of  old  Barnstead, — representa- 
tive men  of  different  political  organizations,  any  one  of 
them  worthy  and  well-qualified  to  fill  the  chair  of  state, 
and  had  we  come  home  to-day  to  vote,  instead  of  shaking 
hands  and  eating  your  "  Big  Dinner,"  were  Col.  Edgerly 
or  Col.  Tuttle  the  candidate  for  Governor,  I  think  I  would 
hardly  be  restrained  from  letting  out  the  old  war-whoop  of 
"All  for  Edgerly,"  or  "All  for  Tuttle." 

You,  sir,  remember  the  story  of  the  old  maid's  prayer 
for  a  husband,  and  its  final  conclusion,  "Any  body  will  do." 
And  so  with  me  to-day,  any  body  will  do,  so  he  be  a  son 
of  the  good  old  town  of  Barnstead. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  48 

Wishing  you  all  abundant  success  and  prosperity  in  this 
life,  and  a  happy  home  in  the  "  Sweet  Bye  and  Bye,"  I 
leave  you  with  the  hope  that  your  young  men  may  be  true 
to  the  teachings  of  the  fathers,  and  your  young  women 
may  imitate  the  virtues  of  the  mothers,  to  whom  Barn- 
stead  may  point,  and  proudly  exclaim,  "  These  are  my 
jewels !" 

7th  Sentiment: 

The  annual  -crop  produced  in  old  Barnstead — 
Judges,  Clergymen,  Physicians,  Merchants,  Me- 
chanics, and  Farmers  —  May  the  crop  increase 
until  she  has  enough  for  home  consumption  and  a 
large  surplus  for  exportation. 

Response  by  John  D.  Nutter,  Esq.,  of  Mont- 
real, Canada,  substantially  as  follows: 

Mr.  President : 

It  would  be  an  injustice  to  you  as  well  as  myself,  did  I 
not  acknowledge  the  kind  words  you  have  spoken  and  the 
cordial  welcome  you  have  extended  to  those  who  have 
come  from  a  distance  to  join  you  in  the  greetings,  pleas- 
ures, and  festivities  of  this  Reunion. 

It  is  exceedingly  pleasant  to  be  remembered  by  the  com- 
panions of  our  boyhood  and  school  days.  It  adds  an- 
other link  to  the  chain  that  binds  us  to  the  place  of  our 
birth — home !  that  sweetest  word  and  dearest  place  in  this 
world. 

The  multitude  of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead 
who  are  here  to-day,  from  far  and  near,  proves  this  asser- 
tion beyond  a  doubt. 

Here  we  delight  to  come,  and  around  the  old  fireside 
greet  each  other,  and  for  a  brief  time  hear  and  recount  to 
each  other  the  vicissitudes  through  which  we  have  passed 
since  we  left  the  paternal  roof. 


44  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

I  have  just  visited  the  place  where  I  was  born.  How 
well  I  remember  its  surroundings — the  woodland,  where  I 
hunted  the  wild  partridge — the  brook  beyond,  meandering 
through  the  Munscy  Meadow,  winding  its  way  to  the  Pa- 
rade, and  then  lost  in  the  Suncook  ;  by  its  side,  with  hook 
and  line,  you  and  I,  Mr.  President,  have  spent  many  happy 
hours,  patiently  waiting  for  the  bite  of  the  tiny  trout. 

The  orchard,  where  every  good  tree  was  known  and 
named,  is  but  a  shadow  of  what  it  then  was,  only  here  and 
there,  like  sentinels,  are  a  few  trees  standing. 

The  old  cottage,  with  its  blazing  hearth,  the  room  where 
we  lived,  my  mother,  the  centre  of  the  family  group  (my 
father  having  died  before  I  could  remember),  seated  at  the 
table  with  her  knitting,  and  the  children,  by  the  light  of  a 
tallow  candle,  studying  the  lessons  for  to-morrow's  school. 

I  saw  to-day  the  place  where  stood  the  old  school-house, 
but  how  changed  !  then  a  small  square  building,  painted 
red,  with  a  pointed  roof,  the  wooden  desks  covered  with 
jack-knife  engravings  and  the  names  of  its  occupants — the 
high  desk  by  the  door— the  speaking  form,  and  the  old  fire 
place,  have  long  since  passed  away. 

The  teacher,  Mr.  President,  was  none  other  than  your 
father,  the  Rev.  Enos  George,  and  my  heart  prompts  me  to 
pay  my  tribute  to  his  memory  and  worth.  No  words  of 
mine  can  do  justice  to  him  as  a  teacher,  pastor  or  man. 

His  name  and  memory  is  engraved  on  all  our  hearts. 
Barnstead  can  never  forget  him.  He  labored  here  fifty 
years  with  untiring  zeal,  as  a  teacher  in  education  and 
religion,  and  I  believe  his  influence  for  good  is  felt  here 
to-day. 

As  a  minister,  clad  in  that  sombre  garb,  I  almost  feared 
him,  but  at  his  school  I  lost  that  fear. 

He  was  a  good  teacher,  strict  in  discipline  but  just, — 
what  he  promised  he  performed.  I  well  remember  the 
story  of  the  unruly  pupil,  whom  Parson  George  had  prom- 
ised to  punish  the  next  day,  coming  to  him  asking  to  be 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  45 

punished  at  once,  as  he  did  not  want  .to  dread  it  so 
long. 

More  than  a  generation  has  passed  since  I  went  out 
from  home,  an  indigent  boy,  with  a  limited  education,  and 
no  knowledge  of  the  world,  to  try  and  gather  around  me 
the  comforts  of  a  home.  Time  has  changed  us  all — those 
smiling  girls  are  now  staid  matrons,  those  happy,  careless 
boys  are  now  earnest  men  upon  whose  brows  the  snow  of 
winter  is  fast  falling.  It  has  been  my  lot  to  have  seen 
something  of  the  world,  and  I  have  yet  to  find  a  place  that 
I  would  exchange,  as  a  home,  for  New  England.  God 
bless  her.  I  love  her  people,  her  religion,  her  morality, 
her  system  of  schools,  her  equal  laws,  and  strict  admin- 
istration of  the  same. 

I  hail  the  Old  Flag  that  is  floating  above  us.  I  have 
seen  it  in  distant  lands,  and  felt  proud  that  I  could  claim 
it  as  my  birthright.  More  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  has 
passed  since  I  have  lived  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States.  Circumstances  that  led  me  away  when  a 
boy  have  kept  me  away  ever  since.  Still  I  claim  old  Barn- 
stead  as  my  home. 

The  pleasure  of  meeting  here  has  its  sting.  The  thought 
that  we  are  soon  to  part  presses  upon  me.  Sadly  I  turn 
away  from  the  scenes  I  have  always  loved,  leaving  buried 
in  your  soil  my  ancestors.  They  lie  here  in  your  sacred 
keeping.  Let  them  sleep  on  quietly  until  that  other  and 
last  great  Reunion.  Then,  sir,  and  not  till  then,  shall  we 
all  meet  again. 

8th  Sentiment: 

The  friends  and  scenes  of  our  childhood. 

Col.  J.  Horace  Kent  had  been  invited  to  respond 
to  this  sentiment,  and  had  written  his  acceptance; 
but  at  the  last  moment  was  detained  by  imperative 
business,  and  was  unable  to  be  present  at  the  Re- 


46  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

union,  much  to  his  regret,  as  well  as  to  the  regret 
of  his  many  early  friends.  Col.  Kent,  however,  sent 
the  following  address,  delivered  at  the  Barnstead 
Keunion  in  Concord,  N".  H.,  February  28,  1879,  in 
response  to  a  similar  sentiment. 

Mr.  President  and  Friends  : 

This  pleasant  occasion  affords  me  a  double  pleasure  to- 
night. First,  because  it  brings  me  into  agreeable  associa- 
tions with  my  native  townsmen  and  women,  many  of  whom 
I  am  personally  attached  to  from  lengthy  and  friendly 
acquaintance,  while  others  are  familiarly  known  through 
their  honorable  reputations  for  correct  principles,  as  firm 
and  unyielding  as  the  granite  hills  of  our  good  old  state. 
Secondly,  I  am  pleased  and  I  think  benefited  by  being, 
if  even  for  only  a  short  time  at  least,  released  from  the 
toils  and  cares  of  everyday  life,  and  allowed  to  go  back  in 
recollection  to  our  old  birthplace  and  review  the  dear  old 
scenes  of  our  youth,  where  peace  and  plenty,  fun  and  frolic, 
were  the  order  of  the  day,  and  the  sweet  sleep  of  inno- 
cence the  order  of  the  night.  There  is  nothing  better,  if 
it  be  only  in  fancy,  to  soften  the  heart  and  clear  the  head, 
Mr.  President,  than  an  occasional  visit  to  the  homes  of  our 
childhood,  to  hear  once  more  the  old  church  bell,  to  see 
the  venerable  school-house,  and  romp  and  gallop  on  the 
old  playground.  It,  sir,  is  a  sort  of  elixir  of  life  which 
prolongs  our  existence  ;  or  adds  to  it  at  least,  by  permit- 
ing  us  to  again  enjoy  the  sweet  delights  of  our  youth. 
Notwithstanding  our  native  town  was  and  is  a  small  one, 
its  children  have  been  spread  over  a  wide  surface  of  the 
country,  and  have  been  somewhat  noted  as  being  pretty 
enterprising  fellows  if  not  over  and  above  smart,  and,  as  I 
cast  my  eyes  around  me,  I  don't  think  the  present  company 
ought  to  be  excepted.  It  has  produced  a  representative  in 
congress  and  a  U.  S.  senator,  and  another  "  Barnstead 
Boy  "  is  very  prominently  mentioned  for  senatorial  honors 


THE   BABNSTEAD   BEUNION.  47 

should  the  tide  turn  in  favor  of  the  party  of  which  he  is 
so  distinguished  and  able  a  representative,  and  I  am  glad 
to  see  him  here  to-night.  Numerous  other  citizens  have 
held  prominent  governmental  positions,  and  among  our 
state  officials  we  find  that  heretofore  she  has  been  honora- 
bly and  creditably  represented,  and  is,  at  the  present  time, 
furnishing  one  of  its  most  dignified  and  trusted  judicial 
officers.  I  am  gratified  to  see  him,  my  companion  of  the 
old  brick  school-house,  here  also. 

As  to  our  prominent  public  teachers  sent  abroad,  the 
gentlemen  who  have  preceded  me  have  justly  alluded  to 
them,  and,  my  friends,  I  think,  according  to  our  popula- 
tion, Barnstead  can  carry  off  the  palm  in  this  respect. 
Besides  those  in  other  places  I  can  call  to  mind  four  or  five 
who  were  at  Portsmouth  at  one  time.  There  were  Pick- 
ering, Chesley,  George,  and  Tasker,  and  I  don't  think  I 
shall  ever  forget  the  latter.  He  was  an  excellent  teacher 
(and  I  was  one  of  his  pupils  at  Portsmouth),  always 
opened  the  morning  exercises  with  prayer,  and  the  prayer 
invariably  ended  as  follows :  "  Amen,  come  down  here, 
Kent,"  and  as  invariably  I  was  punished.  In  after  life 
Tasker  told  me  that  I  was  the  best  boy  to  learn  my  les- 
sons, and  deviltry  as  well,  that  he  had  in  the  school.  An 
allusion  has  been  made  by  one  of  the  speakers  that  he  be- 
lieved it  would  be  as  well  if  not  better  if  so  many  young 
men  did  not  leave  their  native  homes.  I  caught  his  inspir- 
ation, and  asked  myself  the  question,  "  How  many  of  us 
have  found  a  better  fortune  than  we  left  behind  us  ?" 
.  For  my  own  part,  although  I  have  seen  much  of  the 
world,  have  dwelt  in  large  cities,  and  mixed  with  all 
classes  of  people,  enjoyed  all  the  pleasures  and  delights 
which  are  to  be  found  in  rich  and  populous  places,  and  been 
honored  with  positions  beyond  my  desert,  I  sometimes  feel 
that  when  I  left  old  Barnstead  I  parted  with  a  buoyancy  of 
feeling,  a  hopefulness  of  heart,  a  homely  simplicity  of 
spirit  that*  I  have  never  since   regained ;  and  I  look  back 


48  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

with  almost  envy  to  the  old  associations  and  pleasures  of 
youth,  in  and  around  the  old  homestead,  and  faintly  realize 
how  old  father  Adam  must  have  felt  when  he  took  a  fare- 
well look  at  Paradise  as  he  left  it  to  labor  and  struggle  in 
the  world  beyond. 

Mr.  President,  I  could  mention  reminiscences,  anecdotes, 
noble  acts,  patriotic  purposes,  and  Christian  virtues  of 
many  of  our  townsmen  and  women,  several  of  whom  hav- 
ing fulfilled  their  mission  on  earth,  their  spirits  have  been 
wafted  to  heaven.  Some  of  them  have  already  been  ap- 
propriately alluded  to  by  others ;  and  I  know  that  if  left 
to  the  ready  and  eloquent  Sinclair  to  review  he  will  cover 
all  the  ground  that  has  been  left  out  or  neglected.  I 
cannot  further  take  up  your  time,  and  will  say  in  conclu- 
sion that  I  heartily  enjoy  and  appreciate  this  pleasant  reun- 
ion of  old  friends  and  fellow  townsmen,  and  hope,  as  has 
been  previously  suggested,  we  may  have  many  more  such 
gatherings  to  remind  us  of  the  times  behind  us,  and  nerve 
us  for  fresh  duties  in  the  days  to  come. 

I  have  brought  with  me,  to  share  my  enjoyment,  my 
dear  old  Barnstead  mother,  my  Massachusetts  wife,  and 
my  California  son,  and  though  they  never  speak  in  meet- 
ing, I  am  sure  that  they  feel  all  that  I  feel,  and  I  feel  more 
than  I  know  how  to  express.  Let  me  close  with  the  fol- 
lowing sentiment : 

The  natives  of  Barnstead  and  their  descendants — May 
Providence  multiply  their  number,  substract  from  their 
sorrows,  divide  their  cares,  add  to  their  comforts,  and  close 
up  life's  accounts  with  an  honest  balance  on  the  right  side 
of  the  ledger. 

9th  Sentiment: 

The  soldier  sons  of  old  Barnstead — The  fathers 
in  the  Revolution,  the  sons  in  1812,  the  grandsons 
in  the  Rebellion — the  love  of  liberty  constrained 
them. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  49 

Responded  to  by  letters  from  Col.  Jas.  S.  Hoitt, 
of  Laconia,  JT.  H.,  a  native  of  Barnstead  and  a 
veteran  of  1812;  from  Col.  Thos.  E.  Barker,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  a  native  of  Barnstead  and  Colonel 
of  the  12th  Regiment  in  the  Rebellion;  from  Hon. 
Henry  H.  Huse,  of  Manchester,  a  former  resident 
of  Barnstead,  who  served  in  the  8th  Regiment  as 
Captain  and  Major. 

LETTER  OF  COL.  JAMES  S.  HOITT. 

Laconia,  Aug.  15, 1882. 
H.  N.  Colbath,  Esq., — 

Dear  Sir :  Your  favor  of  the  12th  inst.  is  at  hand. 

It  would  give  me  great  pleasure  to  be  present  at  the  Re- 
union Aug  30th,  and  respond  to  the  best  of  my  ability  to 
the  sentiment,  "  The  soldier  sons  of  Barnstead." 

It  was  my  privilege  to  meet  some  of  its  sons  in  1812 — 
who  went  forth  with  me  to  defend  our  country's  honor. 

I  was  personally  acquainted  with  many  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary fathers  of  old  Barnstead,  and  knew  their  sturdy 
patriotism. 

In  the  late  Rebellion,- we  know  Barnstead  was  not  found 
wanting  ;  her  sons  nobly  responded  to  the  call  for  volun- 
teers, and  many  of  them  sealed  their  devotion  with  their 
lives. 

I  am  now  over  four  score  years  old,  but  if  my  health 
continues  as  good  as  at  present,  I  will  try  and  be  present. 

Always  entertaining  great  respect  for  "  Old  Barnstead  " 
and  its  inhabitants,  I  remain 

Yours  truly, 

JAMES  S.  HOITT. 


50  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

LETTER  OF  THOMAS  E.  BARKER. 

Boston,  Aug.  15, 1882. 
Horace  N.  Colbath,  Esq., — 

Dear  Sir :  On  my  return  this  afternoon  after  an  ab- 
sence of  several  days,  I  received  yours  of  the  12th,  asking 
me  to  respond  to  the  sentiment  "  The  soldier  sons  of  old 
Barnstead,"  at  the  Reunion  Aug.  30.  It  would  afford  me 
great  pleasure  to  be  present  at  the  Reunion,  and  if  there 
to  say  a  word — though  I  could  do  the  subject  feeble  justice. 

A  sentiment  so  grand,  because  it  calls  the  roll  of  a 
long  line  of  heroes  who,  animated  by  a  love  of  liberty  and 
country,  offered  their  lives  in  its  defence — sealing  their 
devotion  with  their  blood,  than  which  nobler  never  flowed 
in  the  veins  of  men.  But  as  it  is  hardly  probable  that  I 
shall  be  able  to  be  present  on  that  occasion,  I  beg  to  be  ex- 
cused from  being  counted  on  to  speak. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kind  remembrance  of  me,  and 
wishing  a  most  complete  and  grand  success,  and  all  a 
pleasant  Reunion,  I  am, 

Yours  very  truly, 

THOMAS  E.  BARKER. 

LETTER  FROM  HON.  HENRY  H.  HUSE. 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  Aug.  28, 1882. 
Horace  N.  Colbath,  Esq., — 

My  Dear  Sir :  I  am  in  receipt  of  your  request  to 
respond  to  the  patriotic  sentiment,  "  The  soldier  sons  of  old 
Barnstead,"  enclosed  therein,  at  the  Barnstead  Reunion  on 
the  30th  inst. 

I  regret  exceedingly  my  inability  to  comply  therewith, 
for  reasons  entirely  out  of  my  power  to  control. 

If  any  man  in  the  world  knows  the  metal  of  Barnstead 
boys  in  the  face  of  the  enemy,  I  am  that  one ;  if  any  one 
has  a  lasting  and  fervent  veneration  for  their  heroism  and 
bravery,  I  am  that  one. 


m  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  51 

I  have  tramped,  camped,  and  fought  with  them,  and 
have  mingled  my  tears  with  theirs  over  the  grave  of  many 
a  poor  comrade  who  was  not  permitted  to  return  to  partic- 
ipate in  your  Reunion. 

1  have  shared  in  their  pleasures  around  the  far-off  camp- 
fire,  and  in  the  deprivations,  sufferings,  and  miseries  such 
as  only  a  veteran  can  appreciate. 

The  sentiment  which  you  ask  me  to  answer,  recalls  a 
flood  of  tender  memories  and  personal  recollections,  and  I 
would  gladly  embrace  the  opportunity  you  offer  me  to  pay 
a  worthy  tribute  to  the  living  and  to  the  dead,  who  did 
honor  to  the  goodly  reputation  of  old  Barnstead  in  the 
war  of  the  rebellion. 

I  would  bring  to  this  Reunion  the  dying  message  of  a 
typical  "  soldier  son  "  of  our  grand  old  town,  delivered  to 
me  in  the  hospital  at  New  Orleans,  after  months  of  suffer- 
ing following  the  battle  in  which  he  was  fatally  wounded. 
In  the  face  of  certain  death,  he  said  :  "  It's  all  right,  Cap- 
tain. Tell  my  friends  at  home  I  fell  right  under  the  old 
flag-,  and  that  is  glory  enough  for  me." 

Such  were  the  "  grandsons  in  the  Rebellion."  If  the 
"  sons  of  1812,"  and  the  "  fathers  in  the  Revolution," 
were  fit  sires  of  such  as  these,  then  truly  "  the  love  of  lib- 
erty constrained  them,"  and  we  do  well  to  perpetuate  their 
valorous  deeds  for  the  emulation  of  future  generations. 
I  am  very  sincerely  yours, 

HENRY  H.  HUSE. 

10th  Sentiment: 

The  birthplaces  of  our  fathers — Portsmouth  and 
Newington  —  names  as  familiar  as  household 
words  to  every  child  of  Barnstead  ;  may  peace 
and  prosperity  be  in  their  borders. 

The  Secretary  read  the  following: 


52  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

HYMN.— Tune  :  "America." 


BY    MRS.  DARIUS    FRINK,  NEWIN^TON,    N.  H. 


[Written  for  the  Barnstead  Reunion.] 

We  welcome  one  and  all, 
At  this  reunion  call, 

This  festive  day ; 
We'll  lift  our  hearts  with  praise, 
To  Thee,  O  Strength  of  Days, 
And  sing  our  songs  and  lays, 

With  melody. 

We've  come  from  many  a  clime, 
To  have  a  merry  time, 

To  greet  you  here ; 
Every  familiar  spot — 
Hill,  valley,  and  the  cot, 
No  scenes  have  been  forgot, 

To  us  so  dear. 

The  dearest  place  on  earth, 
Is  that  which  gave  us  birth, 

The  Old  Homestead; 
Where  we  were  loved  so  well — 
By  Father,  Mother,  Friend ; 
No  tongue  can  ever  tell 

How  much  they  loved. 

Many  have  passed  away, 
Since  our  last  gala  day — 

To  that  blest  home. 
They've  gone  where  all  is  bright, 
Where  there  is  no  more  night, 
For  God  m  the  great  light, 

Heav'n  to  illume. 

Our  pastor,  where  is  he  ? 
Who  taught  us  piety, 

With  God  abides. 
He  kept  our  village  school, 
Learnt  us  the  Golden  Rule, 
Spared  not  the  rod  or  'rule 

When  us  he  chide. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  53 

How  good,  O  God,  to  spare, 
With  Thy  omniscient  care, 

Our  lives  so  frail; 
We'll  worship,  while  we  live, 
Thou  whom  didst  being  give, 
O  may  we  with  Thee  live, 

Within  the  vail. 

Our  parents,  they  have  gone 
To  swell  that  endless  throng 

Above  the  skies. 
We  soon  shall  join  them  there, 
Seraphic  pleasures  share — 
Forever  in  God's  care, 

In  Paradise. 

And  as  we  take  our  leave, 
Our  kind  regards  receive, 

For  courtesy. 
When  pass'd  the  last  milestone, 
Our  eyes  we'll  fondly  turn 
On  Barnstead,  the  hearthstone 

Of  infancy. 

11th  Sentiment: 

The  host  of  men  whose  lives  have  been  made 
better  and  happier  by  choosing  for  wives,  daugh- 
ters of  old  Barnstead. 

Responded  to  by  Howard  A.  Dodge,  Esq.,  of 
Concord,  IN".  H. 

12th  Sentiment: 

The  social  history  and  reminiscences  of  Barn- 
stead. 

Hon.  John  G.  Sinclair  eloquently  and  wittily 
responded  to  this  sentiment,  the  following  being 
but  a  small  part  of  his  address,  which  elicited  the 
heartiest  enthusiasm  and  laughter.     Mr.  Sinclair, 


54  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

upon  being  introduced  as  the  "  Barnstead  Boy  " 
and  the  "  wit  of  the  family,"  said : 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen^  : 

Standing  here  in  the  midst  of  the  scenes,  and  surrounded 
by  the  friends,  of  my  childhood,  I  feel  indeed,  that 
"  My  foot  is  on  my  native  heath." 

Time  rolls  back,  and  boy  again  I  gaze  upon  that  peace- 
ful river,  hunt  the  turtle's  nest  upon  its  banks,  and  pluck 
from  its  bosom  the  beautiful  lily. 

From  the  time  I  passed  the  boundary  of  the  old  town, 
till  my  arrival  here,  memories  long  sleeping  came  leaping 
forth  to  greet  me. 

From  the  bridge  which  crossed  its  first  brook,  how  often 
had  I  watched  the  trout,  the  dace,  the  roach,  and  the  bar- 
bel, and  with  my  pin  hook  almost  caught  them.  That 
brook,  upon  whose  green  banks  I  once  verily  believed 
fairies,  clothed  in  crimson  and  green,  violet  and  gold, 
came  forth  at  midnight  to  dance  in  the  light  of  the  moon  ; 
for  did  not  Polly  Nutter  tell  me  so  ?  And  often  did  I  steal 
from  my  bed  in  the  "  wee  sma' "  hours  of  the  night,  and 
from  my  window  overlooking  that  brook,  look  and  listen. 
But  it  was  always  a  bad  night  for"  fairies,  and  Polly  ex- 
plained that,  doubtless,  on  these  particular  nights,  they  had 
been  detailed  by  their  queen  to  watch  over  good  little  boys, 
who,  having  said  their  prayers  on  retiring,  had  gone  imme- 
diately to  sleep. 

To-day,  when  knowledge  with  relentless  hand  has 
despoiled  its  shores  of  its  fairies,  when  no  more 

"  Merry  elves  their  morrice  pacing 
To  aerial  minstrelsy ;" 

yet,  in  the  music  of    its  rippling  waters,  I  still  hear  the 
wild  refrain, 

"  Men  may  come  and  men  may  go, 
But  I  go  on  forever." 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  55 

The  Parade  ground,  with  its  green  sward  bespangled 
and  bedecked  with  dandelion,  butter-cup,  and  thistle-blow, 
is  the  same  as  when  upon  it  I  drove  my  hoop,  chased  the 
butterfly,  and  made  my  first  acquaintance  with  the  "  business 
end  "  of  the  bumble-bee. 

There,  too,  to  my  shame  be  it  said,  my  cousin  John  El- 
bridge  Bunker  received  at  the  hands  of  our  sainted  but 
near-sighted  grandmother  a  whipping  to  which  doubtless  I 
had  best  title ;  nearly  of  an  age  and  size,  through  a  fancy 
of  our  mothers  we  were  dressed  alike  ;  I  boarded  with  the 
good  old  lady  while  attending  the  village  school ;  after 
troubling  her  much,  she  exacted  a  promise  that  I  would 
not  stop  after  school  was  dismissed  to  play  ball ;  for  two 
long  days  I  kept  that  promise,  but  on  the  third  the  en- 
ticement of  the  great  national  game  was  too  much  for  my 
moral  stamina. 

For  half  an  hour  I  engaged  in  it, — was  at  the  bat,  when 
I  saw  the  dear  old  lady  coming,  with  one  hand  suspiciously 
concealed  under  her  apron. 

A  very  short  process  of  reasoning  led  me  to  the  logical 
conclusion,  that  in  that  hand,  must  I  confess  it  ?  was  an 
old  and  not  too  pleasant  acquaintance  of  mine,  a  well-sea- 
soned birch  stick  ;  as  she  came  around  one  side  of  the  old 
church,  with  a  brief  excuse  I  handed  the  bat  to  my  cousin 
and  disappeared  by  the  other,  when  the  old  lady  cautiously 
advancing  seized  him  by  the  collar  and  administered  to 
my  profoundly  astonished  cousin  a  castigation,  which  in 
the  base  ball  parlance  of  to-day  might  be  called  a  "  red 
hot  one,"  and  when  she  returned  to  the  house  and  found 
me  unwhipped,  I  shall  never  forget  the  attitude  she  struck, 
nor  her  exclamation  of  "Mercy  on  me,  who  have  I 
whipped  !" 

There,  too,  was  enacted  one  of  the  most  ludicrous 
scenes  in  the  life  of  old  Jonathan  Scriggins,  always  witty, 
drunk  or  sober.  Parson  George  had  a  cow  which  he  was 
wont  to  let  run  in  the  road.     She  plundered  indiscrimi- 


56  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

nately  all  the  carts  and  wagons  of  the  farmers  who  came 
to  the  Parade  to  trade.  But  so  long  as  it  was  Parson 
George's  cow,  it  was  all  right.  At  that  time,  brass  balls 
for  cattle's  horns  first  came  in  style.  The  worthy  Parson, 
seeing  some  at  Concord,  bought  a  pair,  tfrought  them  home, 
and  next  morning  placed  them  on  the  horns  of  his  cow,  and 
turned  her  again  into  the  road.  At  about  eleven  o'clock 
that  morning,  when  several  of  the  principal  men  of  the  town, 
including  Parson  George,  were  standing  in  front  of  the 
post-office,  awaiting  the  arrival  of  the  mail,  the  cow  was 
observed  coming  down  street,  and  Mr.  Scriggins  with  a 
load  on  which  it  had  evidently  been  better  for  him  to  have 
gone  twice  after,  came  staggering  up  street.  Neither 
seemed  disposed  to  give  way  to  the  other,  and  the  cow  ad- 
vancing to  within  about  four  feet  of  him  stopped  short.  The 
old  gentleman,  discovering  that  something  obstructed  his 
way,  brought  himself  to  a  balance,  opened  wide  his  eyes, 
took  in  the  situation,  and  politely  removing  his  hat,  ex- 
claimed :  "  Good  mornin' — hie — good  mornin',  madam  ; 
I  should  advise  you — hie — to  sell  your  jewels  and  buy  you 
a  pasture  !" 

What  fable  of  ^Esop's  ever  had  better  moral  than  this  ? 

Sir,  I  have  stood  upon  the  soil  of  most  of  the  states  of 
the  union.  Nowhere  else  has  the  air  seemed  so  pure,  the 
water  so  limpid,  the  grass  so  green,  the  flowers  so  bright, 
and  the  hearts  of  men  and  women  so  loyal  and  true,  as 
here  in  the  home  of  our  childhood. 

And  sir,  the  Hodgdons,  the  Nutters,  the  Clarks,  the 
Bunkers,  the  Bickfords,  the  Walkers,  the  Jewetts,  the 
Peaveys,  the  Wilsons,  Garlands,  Colbaths,  Dows,  Drews, 
Websters,  Berrys,  and  Munseys,  and  a  host  of  other  good 
men  and  true  of  that  day,  may  it  please  God  that  other 
generations  of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  old  Barnstead, 
who  may  meet  as  we  now  meet,  may  say  of  us  as  truth- 
fully as  we  of  them,  they  acted  well  their  part,  and 
"After  life's  fitful  fever  they  sleep  well," 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  57 

But  time  admonishes  me  I  must  close.  God  bless  the  old 
homestead  !  With  pride  to-day  we  point  to  her  record.  She 
has  furnished  the  pulpit  with  sincere  and  eloquent  divines, 
to  the  bench  a  most  able  jurist,  to  the  bar  most  accom- 
plished advocates,  to  the  medical  profession  skilled  physi- 
cians, and  in  times  of  national  difficulty  and  danger  the 
steps  of  her  sons  "  have  always  been  quick  and  to  the 
front."  On  the  hardest  fought  fields  of  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  the  war  of  1812,  the  Mexican  war,  and  the 
late  war  of  the  Rebellion,  they  have  spilled  their  best 
blood,  and  offered  up  their  lives. 

13th  Sentiment: 

The  resident  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead — 
May  they  preserve  unsullied  its  ancient  reputation, 
keep  sacred  the  memory  of  the  fathers,  and  be 
always  ready  to  welcome  its  wandering  children 
to  the  old  domain. 

John  B.  Garland,  Esq.,  of  Barnstead,  was  in- 
vited to  respond  to  this  sentiment,  but  on  account 
of  ill-health  and  the  infirmities  of  age  was  obliged 
to  forego  that  pleasure,  but  answered  by  the  fol- 
lowing characteristic  letter: 

LETTER  OF  JOHN  B.  GARLAND. 

North  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  Aug.  16, 1882. 
Horace  N.  Colbath,  Esq, — 

Dear  Sir :  When  I  first  learned  there  was  to  be  a  Re- 
union of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead,  it  seemed 
that  I  could  not  deny  myself  the  pleasure  of*  being  present 
on  that  occasion. 

But  a  second  thought  convinced  me  that  I  was  unable  to 
attend.     Nevertheless,  I  am  with  you  in  spirit. 


58  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

I  seem  to  see  our  guests  coming  from  every  quarter,  like 
pilgrims  to  the  Mecca  of  their  early,  hallowed  associations 
and  local  attachments,  to  look  once  more  upon  the  graves 
of  their  fathers,  to  strew  them  with  flowers  and  water 
them  with  tears  of  love  and  gratitude,  to  revisit  the  ances- 
tral hearthstone  and  rekindle  the  ancient  family  altar,  and 
there  make  an  offering  of  a  humble  and  thankful  heart. 
It  is  fitting,  it  is  appropriate — there  is  a  moral  beauty  in 
this  meeting,  after  so  long  an  absence.  And,  now  they  are 
to  be  here,  we  will  kill  the  fatted  calf  and  give  them  a 
hearty  welcome.  Doubtless  many  of  these  pilgrims  have 
returned,  like  Jacob,  with  their  pockets  full  of  shekels. 
Jacob,  you  know,  was  a  little  tricky  in  his  youth,  but  he 
got  beat  when  he  served  fourteen  years  for  too  much  wife. 
But  in  after  years,  when  he  desired  to  return  to  his  Barn- 
stead  and  have  a  reunion,  and  was  told  his  brother  Esau 
was  coming  to  meet  him,  he  remembered  his  youthful  follies ; 
so  he  sent  before  a  present  for  a  peace  offering.  Now,  Mr. 
Secretary,  if  any  of  our  guests  should  offer  you  a  present, 
for  love's  sake  take  it.  We  can  invest  it  in  this  Reunion, 
in  Sunday-school  books,  in  a  town  library,  or  in  Paris  green, 
for  we  know  it  is  a  mighty  hard  row  to  pick  potato  bugs 
for  a  living. 

But  Mr.  Secretary,  Barnstead  has  another  scourge  infi- 
nitely worse  than  bugs  or  army  worms.  It  is  an  army  of 
Bachelors,*  who  are  not  only  destructive  to  potatoes,  but 
to  all  hope  of  posterity.  In  my  quarter  of  the  town  they 
are  thick  as  toad-stools.  Why,  sir,  a  majority  of  our  se- 
lectmen are  bachelors,  who  ought  to  be  fathers  of  the 
town.  I  do  hope  there  will  be  among  our  guests  a  goodly 
number  of  marriageable  ladies — each  of  whom  will  be  as 
willing  to  go  a  courting  as  was  Ruth,  when  she  accepted 
the  advice  to  Naomi,  in  the  words,  "All  that  thou  sayest 
unto  me  will  I  do." 

*  Mr.  Garland  is  a  bachelor. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  59 

Ruth,  you  know,  went  a  courting,  had  a  pleasant  inter- 
view, got  a  promise,  and  carried  home  nearly  three  pecks 
of  barley. 

May  each  of  these  marriageable  ladies  carry  home,  not 
a  sack  of  barley  but  a  live  bachelor,  with  this  promise, 
"All  that  thou  sayest  unto  me  will  I  do."  But,  whatever 
may  be  our  individual  circumstances,  may  each  member  of 
this  assembly  be  as  happy  as  was  Joseph  when  he  made 
himself  known  to  his  brethren,  after  he  had  filled  their 
sacks  with  corn  and  money. 

I  close  with  a  cordial  greeting  to  all. 
Yours  truly, 

JOHN  B.  GARLAND. 


Biographical  Sketches. 


REV.  EISTOS  GEOKGE. 

Enos  George,  the  son  of  Enos  and  Dorothy 
George,  was  born  June  2,  1781,  at  South  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H. 

He  received  his  education  at  the  town  schools 
and  at  Atkinson  Academy,  and  studied  for  the 
ministry. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  at  Barnstea'd  Nov.  10, 
1803,  it  was  unanimously  voted  to  settle  Mr. 
George  as  pastor.  The  town  voted  $1000  settle- 
ment and  a  salary.  He  was  ordained  and  installed 
as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  Septem- 
ber 26,  1804,  and  remained  pastor  until  his  death, 
over  fifty-five  years  after. 

In  July  previous  to  his  installation,  he  married 
Miss  Sophia  Chesley,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Ches- 
ley,  Esq.,  of  Barnstead.  Her  life  was  full  of  quiet 
benevolence  and  kindness,  and  adorned  by  Chris- 
tian graces.  She  died  February  13,  1858,  aged 
76  years,  and  was  soon  followed  by  her  husband, 
who  died  October  29,  1859,  aged  78  years. 

For  twenty  years  after  his  settlement,  Parson 
George  was  teacher  of  the  winter-  term  of  school 
at  the  Parade,  and  also  taught  several  terms  in 
the  north  part  of  the  town. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  61 

From  1816  to  his  death  in  1859,  he  was  annually 
elected  town-clerk  of  the  town.  That  there  was 
no  opposition  to  his  election  during  these  forty- 
two  years,  attests  the  faithfulness  of  the  officer 
and  the  popularity  of  the  man. 

In  1829,  he  was  chaplain  of  the  ^few  Hamp- 
shire legislature. 

In  1843  and  1844,  he  represented  Barnstead  in 
the  general  court. 

While  speaking  of  his  virtues  and  character- 
istics, one  is  at  loss  where  to  begin  and  where 
to  end. 

He  was  well  proportioned  in  person,  erect  in 
carriage,  and  of  commanding  presence.  His 
countenance  was  grave,  and  gave  the  impression 
of  severity;  but  he  was  quite  the  reverse,  being 
cheerful  and  social  in  conversation  and  intercourse. 

There  was  a  vein  of  wit  and  humor  in  his  char- 
acter, which  would  occasionally  reveal  itself,  but 
not  so  as  to  compromise  his  dignity  and  serious- 
ness. 

Wherever  he  was  placed,  or  whatever  his  sur- 
roundings, he  was  always  a  gentleman. 

As  a  preacher  he  was  plain,  earnest,  and  scrip- 
tural, seeking  to  present  the  great  truths  of  the 
Bible  in  their  simplicity.  This  he  valued  above 
ornament  in  style  and  oratory.  Yet  his  rank  as  a 
pulpit  orator  was  high.  His  voice  was  clear  and 
sonorous,  his  manner  and  appearance  dignified,  his 
action  deliberate,  and  his  sermons  models  of  sys- 
tem, scripture  illustration,  and  good  language. 


62  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

His  ambition  was  not  to  be  a  great  man  or 
preacher,  but  to  be  useful  among  his  people,  to 
instruct  them  and  their  children,  to  point  out  the 
shining  wa}r,  and  with  them  walk  therein. 

His  ministry  was  long  and  successful.  He 
preached  6,965  sermons,  solemnized  693  marriages, 
and  attended  1,000  funerals. 

Unlike  the  custom  of  to-day,  he,  with  his  church 
and  parish,  considered  his  settlement  final,  and 
here  his  life  work. 

From  the  day  he  came  with  his  young  bride 
among  them,  to  the  day  of  his  death,  he 

"  Ne'er  had  changed,  or  wished  to  change  his  place." 

Although  his  ear  was  open  to  every  call  of  duty 
from  abroad,  and  his  sympathies  quick  to  respond 
to  all  good  works  wherever  begun  or  carried  out, 
yet  inside  the  border  lines  of  Barnstead  he  saw 
his  Master's  work,  and  all  through  his  long  minis- 
try his  loving  faith  in  her  never  knew  any  turning, 
and  right  generously  his  people  repaid  his  love,  his 
faith,  and  his  labor.  Probably  no  preacher  in  his 
day  could  excel  Parson  George  in  a  funeral  ad- 
dress. His  services  on  such  occasions  were  sought 
for  not  only  by  his  own  townsmen,  but  by  others 
from  abroad,  members  of  other  churches  or  per- 
haps not  members  of  any  church. 

The  faculty  of  saying  the  right  words  at  the 
proper  time,  the  choosing  of  appropriate  texts  of 
scripture,  his  hopeful  and  charitable  views  of  the 
departed,  and  his  faithful  and  touching  admonition 
of  the  living,  were  peculiar  gifts. 


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THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  63 

If,  at  such  times,  his  strict  theology  yielded 
something  to  the  demands  of  the  occasion,  it 
spoke  volumes  for  his  goodness  of  heart,  and  was 
gratefully  remembered  by  the  living. 

The  good  he  did,  as  a  preacher  and  teacher  in 
Barnstead,  was  great,  and  his  influence  for  good 
will  be  felt  in  coming  generations.  He  was  a  good 
man  and  minister,  and  came  to  his  grave  in  a  good 
old  age,  like  a  shock  of  corn  fully  ripe. 

The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed! 


HO^.  HIRAM  A.  TUTTLE. 

BY    JOHN    WHEELER,  M.  D. 

Hiram  A.  Tuttle  was  born  in  Barnstead,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1837,  being  the  elder  of  a  family  of  two 
sons. 

His  father  George  Tuttle,  and  his  grandfather 
Col.  John  Tuttle,  were  also  natives  of  the  same 
town.  His  great  grandfather  John  Tuttle,  settled 
in  Barnstead  in  1776,  coming  there  from  that 
locality  in  Dover  known  as  "  Back  River,''  where 
a  part  of  the  Tuttle  family  had  resided  since  the 
settlement  there  of  their  emigrant  ancestor,  John 
Tuttle,  who  came  from  England  before  1641. 

His  mother,  Judith  Mason  Davis,  is  a  descend- 
ant from  Samuel  Davis,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  one  of  the  primeval  settlers  of  Barn- 
stead. Brave  soldiers  of  the  Davis  family  from 
four  generations  have  represented  that  town  in  the 
four  great  wars  in  which  our  country  has  been 
engaged. 


64  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

When  Mr.  Tuttle  was  nine  years  of  age,  he 
moved  with  his  father's  family  to  the  adjoining 
town  of  Pittsfield,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Pittsfield  Academy,  while  the  latter 
was  under  the  charge  successively  of  I.  F.  Fol- 
som,  Lewis  "W.  Clark,  and  Prof.  Dyer  H.  Sanborn. 

After  having  been  engaged  in  several  vocations; 
in  all  of  which  he  showed  industry  and  faithful- 
ness, at  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  he  became 
connected  with  the  clothing  establishment  of  Lin- 
coln &  Shaw,  of  Concord,  where  he  remained  sev- 
eral years. 

The  ability  and  zeal  which  he  exhibited  while 
there,  won  for  him  the  confidence  and  respect  of 
his  employers,  who  established  him  in  the  manage- 
ment of  a  branch  store  in  Pittsfield,  of  which  he 
soon  became  projjrietor. 

His  business  increased,  gradually  at  first  and 
then  rapidly,  till  his  establishment  had  gained  an 
extensive  patronage,  and  ranked  among  the  larg- 
est in  the  state.  It  is  so  favorably  remembered 
by  former  residents  and  patrons,  that  orders  are 
received  from  distant  states  and  territories. 

Mr.  Tuttle  has  also  been  interested  in  real 
estate.  He  has  built  many  dwelling-houses,  in- 
cluding a  fine  residence  for  himself,  and  the  best 
business  buildings  in  the  village.  In  many  ways 
he  has  promoted  the  growth,  social  and  business 
interests,  and  general  prosperity  of  his  adopted 
town.  He  is  a  trustee  in  the  savings  bank,  a 
director  in  the  national  bank,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
academy  in  Pittsfield. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  65 

When  he  attained  his  majority,  in  1859,  he  ex- 
pressed his  determination  of  casting  his  first  vote 
with  the  Republican  party,  and  has  ever  been  true 
to  that  party.  Although  Pittsfield  has  a  Demo- 
cratic majority  under  normal  circumstances,  Mr. 
Tuttle  has  received  the  support  of  a  large  majority 
of  its  voters  at  times  when  his  name  has  been  pre- 
sented for  position. 

In  1873  and  1874,  he  was  representative  to  the 
legislature.  In  1876,  he  received  the  appointment, 
with  the  rank  of  colonel,  on  the  staff  of  Gov. 
Cheney,  and  with  the  governor  and  staff  visited 
the  Centennial  Exhibition  at  Philadelphia. 

He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  executive  coun- 
cil from  the  second  district  in  1878,  and  re-elected 
in  1879,  under  the  new  constitution,  for  the  term 
of  two  years. 

Mr.  Tuttle  has  been  very  successful  in  all  he 
has  undertaken,  but  his  thrift  has  never  made 
him  arrogant  or  indifferent.  He  has  cheerfully 
shared  with  others  the  results  of  the  good  for- 
tune that  Providence  has  granted  him.  He  is  an 
honorable,  agreeable,  and  companionable  gentleman 
in  all  the  relations  of  life. 

As  a  citfzen,  neighbor,  and  friend,  he  is  held  in 
the  highest  estimation.  He  has  furnished  employ- 
ment for  many;  and  has  been  kind  to  the  poor, 
very  respectful  to  the  aged,  charitable  to  the  erring, 
and  a  sympathizing  helper  to  the  embarrassed  and 
unfortunate. 

Few  men  have  more  or  firmer  personal  friends, 
whose  friendship  is  founded  on  kindness  and  sub- 


66  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

stantial  favors  received.  He  gives  with  remarka- 
ble generosity  to  all  charitable  objects  presented 
to  him,  and  is  very  hospitable  in  his  pleasant  home. 
Mr.  Tuttle  accepts  the  Christian  religion,  and 
worships  with  the  Congregational  church.  While 
he  contributes  liberally  for  the  support  of  the 
denomination  of  his  choice,  he  does  not  withhold 
a  helping  hand  from  the  other  religious  sects  in 
his  town. 

In  his  domestic  relations  he  has  been  very  for- 
tunate. He  married,  in  1859,  Miss  Mary  C.  French, 
the  only  child  of  John  L.  French,  Esq.,  formerly 
cashier  of  the  Pittsiield  Bank.  Their  only  child, 
Hattie  French  Tuttle,  was  born  Jan.  17,  1861. 


COL.  E.  S.  NUTTER. 

Eliphalet  Simes  Nutter,  the  second  son  of  Eli- 
phalet  and  Lovey  (Locke)  Nutter,  was  born  in 
Barnstead,  November  26,  1819. 

He  was  a  grandson  of  Major  John  Nutter,  who 
settled  in  Barnstead  in  1767,  and  afterwards 
served  in  the  Revolution,  as  Major  of  Col.  George 
Reid's  Regiment.  His  father  as  well  as  his  grand- 
father were  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town, 
and  held  the  various  offices  in  the  gift  of  their 
townsmen. 

His  boyhood  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm, 
and  his  active  mind  and  feet  kept  busy,  as  boys 
were  wont  to  be  in  those  days,  helping  in  the 
cares  and  labor  incident  to  a  large  farm. 


THE   BAKNSTEAD   REUNION.  67 

He  received  the  usual  school  advantages,  and 
taught  school  several  winters.  Among  his  pupils 
were  Hon-  J.  Horace  Kent,  Hon.  C.  M.  Murphy, 
and  Horace  N.  Colbath,  Esq.,  who  will  each  tes- 
tify to  his  tact  and  faithfulness  as  a  teacher. 

Like  his  ancestors,  he  early  evinced  a  taste  for 
military  affairs,  and  was  commissioned  by  Gov. 
Isaac  Hill,  in  1837,  a  lieutenant,  and  by  Gov. 
John  Page,  in  1839,  a  captain  in  the  New  Hamp- 
shire militia. 

In  1844,  he  opened  a  country  store  at  Barn- 
stead  Parade,  and  for  eleven  years  did  a  large  and 
increasing  business.  Was  postmaster  there  eight 
years,  and  is  remembered  by  his  patrons  and  busi- 
ness associates  as  an  honorable,  keen,  sagacious 
business  man. 

In  1855,  he  removed  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  where 
he  has  since  resided. 

Was  for  five  years  in  business  in  New  York 
city.  Was  President  of  the  N.  H.  Central  E,.  R.; 
owned  for  seven  years  one  of  the  best  grocery 
stores  in  Lawrence,  Mass;  was  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  Concord  five  years;  at  present  has  a  store 
on  Washington  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Since  1844  he  has  been  in  active  business,  and 
now  is  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  accumulations  of 
forty  years'  successful  business — the  just  reward 
of  industry,  enterprise,  and  perseverance. 

Col.  Nutter  has  always  been  noted  for  his  love 
of  his  native  town;  anything  that  concerned  her 
good  name,  that  tended  to  her  material  prosper- 
ity or  her  moral  and  social  welfare,  has  enlisted  his 


68  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

sympathy  and  commanded  his  active,  substantial 
support. 

To  him,  more  than  any  other,  are  due  the  thanks 
of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Barnstead  for  the 
Barnstead  Reunion. 

Upon  his  call,  was  held  the  meeting  of  the  sons 
and  daughters  of  Barnstead  living  in  Concord, 
which  resulted  in  the  Reunion  held  at  Phenix  Ho- 
tel, Feb.  28,  1878,  at  which  he  presided;  and  that 
Reunion  paved  the  way  for  the  Barnstead  Reun- 
ion held  Aug.  30,  1882,  to  which  he  generously 
contributed. 

He  married,  in  1845,  Miss  Sylvania  M.  Blanch- 
ard,  of  Lowell,  Mass. — a  true  helpmeet  and  a 
worthy  wife,  who  gracefully  dispenses  the  hospi- 
talities of  their  beautiful  home. 


JOHN  G.  SINCLAIR. 

Richard  Sinclair  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  the  town  of  Gilmanton,  N".  H.,  and  it  is  claimed 
that  he  built  the  first  framed  house  there.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  both  the  French  and  Indian  war  and 
the  war  of  the  Revolution.  In  the  last  he  ranked 
captain,  although  he  was  generally  known  in  the 
locality  in  which  he  lived  as  Col.  Sinclair.  He 
married  Polly  Cilley,  a  sister  of  Col.  Joseph  Cil- 
ley.  Richard  Sinclair,  Jr.,  their  eldest  son,  and 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Barnstead,  was 
also  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  an 
ensign  in  his  father's  company.  He  married  Bet- 
sey Hodgdon.     Charles  G.  Sinclair  was  their  only 


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THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  69 

son,  who,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  enlisted  as  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  for  a  time  was 
clerk  for  Gen.  Ripley.  He  received  a  severe  gun- 
shot wound  near  the  right  lung,  at  the  sortie  at 
Fort  Erie,  which  disabled  him  for  life.  He  married 
Martha  G.  Norris,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Morris,  of 
Barnstead. 

John  G.  Sinclair,  their  only  child,  and  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at  Barnstead  Pa- 
rade, March  25, 1826.  His  father  died  July,  1834, 
leaving  him  and  his  mother  in  destitute  circum- 
stances. His  mother,  with  her  needle,  supported 
them  and  kept  him  at  school  at  Pittsfield  Academy 
until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  when  he  en- 
tered the  service  of  Webster  &  Peavey,  merchants 
at  Landaff,  1ST.  H.  The  firm  consisted  of  Hon. 
Samuel  Webster,  of  North  Barnstead,  and  Samuel 
P.  Peavey,  a  former  resident  of  Barnstead,  who 
married  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Sinclair's. 

He  remained  at  Landaff  six  years,  attending 
five  terms  of  the  Newbury  Seminary,  in  Vermont, 
where  he  fitted  for  college  under  the  tuition  of 
Bishop  Baker  and  Rev.  Clark  T.  Hinman.  A  fear 
of  leaving  his  mother  destitute  in  case  of  his  own 
death,  prevented  his  entering  college,  and  he  com- 
menced business  for  himself  in  a  restaurant,  at  the 
corner  of  Hanover  and  Elm  streets,  Manchester, 
N.  H.  Not  satisfied  with  the  business,  he  left 
Manchester,  and  established  an  auction  and  com- 
mission business  at  Lawrence,  Mass.  Having  ac- 
quired limited  means,  he  returned  to  New-Hamp- 
shire, established  a  country  store,  and  engaged  in 


70  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

the  manufacture  of  starch  in  Bethlehem,  in 
1847. 

In  1852,  '53,  '54,  and  '55,  in  1862  and  '63,  and 
in  1875,  '76,  and  '77,  he  represented  Bethlehem  in 
the  state  legislature,  and  served  as  its  member  in 
the  last  constitutional  convention. 

In  1873,  he  represented  Littleton  in  the  legisla- 
ture being  then  a  resident  of  that  town. 

He  was  appointed  bank  commissioner  by  Gov. 
Baker,  and  served  until  the  American  party  came 
into  power. 

In  1858  and  '59,  he  was  Senator  from  the  12th 
senatorial  district,  composed  of  Grafton  and  Coos 
counties. 

He  was  Democratic  candidate  for  speaker  of  the 
house,  and  Democratic  candidate  for  governor  in 
1866,  '67,  and  '68.  Under  the  instruction  of  the 
convention  which  nominated  him  in  1867,  he  in- 
vited Gen.  Walter  Harriman,  the  Republican  can- 
didate for  governor,  to  a  public  discussion  of  the 
issues  involved  in  the  campaign,  the  result  of 
which  was  thirteen  joint  discussions  at  the  princi- 
pal points  in  the  state,  the  first  of  the  kind  ever 
held  in  New  England.  In  1868,  he  was  chairman 
of  the  N".  H.  delegation  to  the  national  convention. 
In  1876,  he  was  Democratic  candidate  for  United 
States  senator,  against  Edward  H.  Rollins,  Repub- 
lican. 

In  1879,  he  removed  to  Orlando,  Orange  county, 
in  the  state  of  Florida,  where  he  has  established 
a  large  real  estate  business,  and  is  also  engaged  in 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  71 

the  cultivation  of  oranges  and  other  semi-tropical 
fruits. 

Mr.  Sinclair  has  been  twice  married:  first,  in 
1847,  to  Tamar  M.,  daughter  of  Col.  David  Clark, 
of  Landaff,  by  whom  he  had  three  children — 
Charles  A.,  Emma  S.,  and  Martha  A.  Sinclair. 
His  first  wife  dying,  he  married,  in  1872,  Mary  E. 
Blandin,  daughter  of  John  Pierce,  Esq.,  of  Lit- 
tleton. 


COL.  M.  V.  B.  EDGERLY. 

Martin  Van  Buren  Edgerly  was  born  in  Barn- 
stead,  September,  26,  1833,  the  son  of  the  late 
Samuel  J.  and  Eliza  (Bickford)  Edgerly. 

His  father,  a  man  of  intelligence  and  mental 
activity,  was  honored  by  the  town  with  several 
important  offices,  and  would  have  been  one  of  the 
foremost  men  in  the  town  and  prominent  in  the 
state,  had  not  disease  laid  its  hand  on  him  in 
his  early  manhood. 

His  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Moses  Bick- 
ford, an  early  settler  in  Barnstead,  and  a  very 
intelligent  and  capable  woman. 

When  twelve  years  of  age,  his  parents  removed 
to  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  he  attended  the  public 
schools  for  several  years,  after  which  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. At  the  age  of  twenty- three,  he  opened  a 
drug  store  in  Manchester.  A  year  among  the 
drugs  and  chemicals  satisfied  him  of  his  inapti- 
tude for  trade,  and  he  removed  to  Pittsfield,  N.  H., 


72  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

and  soon  engaged  in  the  fire  and  life  insurance 
business. 

Here  he  made  his  first  real  beginning  in  life. 
His  ready  intelligence,  earnestness  of  purpose,  and 
personal  magnetism,  were  requisites  for  success, 
and  he  built  up  a  large  business. 

Having  received  the  offer  of  a  large  salary  for 
those  times,  to  devote  his  attention  exclusively  to 
the  interests  of  the  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company,  he  relinquished  his  fire  agency 
and  went  into  the  profession  of  life  insurance  with 
such  energy  and  success  as  to  place  his  company 
in  the  front  rank  of  those  doing  business  in  New 
Hampshire. 

One  year  after,  in  1860,  he  became  general 
agent  for  New  Hampshire,  with  head-quarters  at 
Manchester,  and  soon  after  established  his  resi- 
dence there,  which  residence  he  still  retains. 

In  1863,  the  whole  business  of  the  company  in 
New  Hampshire,  Yermont,  and  northern  New 
York  was  committed  to  his  care. 

From  1868  to  1870,  he  served  as  superintendent 
of  agencies  throughout  the  United  States,  besides 
retaining  the  direction  of  his  own  special  depart- 
ment. 

In  1874,  he  was  prevailed  upon  to  give  a  por- 
tion of  his  time  to  the  Boston  office,  the  oldest 
and  most  important  of  its  agencies. 

He  became,  in  1882,  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
company,  and,  in  1883,  was  made  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  agencies,  which  position 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  73 

he  now  holds,  still  retaining  the  personal  manage- 
ment of  the  5(ew  Hampshire  agency. 

Although  the  activities  of  his  career  have  de- 
nied him  opportunity  for  seeking  distinction,  he 
has  ever  taken  a  strong  interest  in  political  mat- 
ters, and  has  been  valiant  in  the  Democratic  faith. 

In  1871,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov.  Weston 
chief  of  his  military  staff,  with  rank  of  colonel. 

In  1872,  he  was  delegate  at  large  to  the  national 
Democratic  convention. 

Was  a  member  of  the  national  Democratic  com- 
mittee from  1872  to  1876. 

In  1874,  was  elected  one  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men in  a  strong  Republican  ward.  He  frequently 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Democratic  state  com- 
mittee, and  was  treasurer  of  the  same  in  1873  and 
1874. 

In  1882,  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  gov- 
ernor. For  once  the  people  sought  the  candidate, 
not  the  candidate  the  nomination.  He  made  a 
splendid  run.  Such  was  his  popularity  where  he 
was  best  known  that  he  carried  Manchester,  over- 
coming 700  Republican  majority  at  the  preceding 
election,  carrying  Hillsborough  county  and  wiping 
out  its  1(500  adverse  majority. 

Besides  his  professional  and  political  engage- 
ments, which  would  seem  sufficiently  numerous  and 
complicated  to  engage  the  time  of  one  individual, 
he  has  given  the  benefit  of  his  sagacity  and  judg- 
ment to  several  commercial  and  financial  institu- 
tions and  corporations. 


74  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

In  1873  and  1874,  he  was  commander  of  the 
Amoskeag  Veterans. 

During  the  Centennial  Exhibition  at  Philadel- 
phia he  was,  by  appointment  of  President  Grant, 
one  of  the  commissioners  representing  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

He  was  married,  in  1854,  to  Alvina  Barney,  of 
Danbury,  N.  H.,  and  has  two  children — Clinton 
Johnson  (a  practicing  lawyer  in  Boston)  and  Ma- 
bel Clayton  Edgerly. 

Though  in  the  prime  of  life,  Col.  Edgerly  has 
done  a  long  life-work.  Yet  he  seems  to  be  but  on 
the  threshold  of  his  career.  Col.  Edgerly  is  of 
strong,  well-built  frame,  with  a  tendency  to  portli- 
ness. His  face  is  frank  and  pleasant,  and  his 
manners  suave  and  engaging. 

In  his  family  and  in  society  he  elicits  most  cordial 
affection  and  regard,  and,  in  business,  his  straight- 
forward and  inflexible  conduct  have  made  his 
name  a  synonym  for  probity  and  honor. 


HON.  CHARLES  M.  MURPHY. 

We  live  in  days  when  the  success  of  men  ap- 
parently born  to  lives  of  grinding  toil  is  a  frequent 
sign  of  the  times. 

Such  opportunities  are  now  open  to  him  who 
has  a  good  order  of  ability,  with  high  health  and 
spirits,  who  has  all  his  wits  about  him  and  feels 
the  circulation  of  his  blood  and  the  motion  of  his 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION.  75 

heart,  that  the  lack  of  early  advantages  forms  no 
barrier  to  success. 

A  striking  illustration  of  the  truth  of  these 
statements  is  exhibited  in  the  following  sketch: 

Charles  M.  Murphy,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Meader)  Murphy,  was  born  in  Alton,  N.  H.,  No- 
vember 3,  1835.  In  1842,  his  parents  removed  to 
Barnstead,  and  settled  upon  the  Tasker  farm  at 
South  Barnstead.  Here  the  child  grew  in  stature 
and  filled  out  and  braced  his  frame  by  hard  man- 
ual labor. 

Scanty  record  is  left  of  these  years  of  severe 
work  and  continuous  struggle,  but  there  is  little 
doubt  that  the  discipline  developed  an  indomitable 
will  and  sturdy  self-reliance,  which  alone  enable 
poor  men's  children  to  grapple  with  the  world  that 
under  more  favorable  circumstances  might  never 
have  shown  their  full  capacity  of  force  and  ten- 
acity. 

Again,  it  is  widely  believed,  and  nowhere  more 
strongly  than  in  opulant  cities  and  busy  marts, 
that  a  boy  is  better  bred  on  a  farm  in  close  contact 
with  the  ground  than  elsewhere.  He  is  quite 
as  likely  to  be  generous,  brave,  humane,  honest 
and  straightforward,  as  his  city-bred  contemporary, 
while  as  to  self-dependence,  strength  and  stamina, 
he  has  a  great  advantage  over  his  rival. 

He  attended  the  district  school  during  the  win- 
ter terms  until  of  an  age  suitable  to  leave  the 
parental  care,  when  for  two  terms  he  enjoyed  the 
advantages  of  Norwich  Academy,  Vt.     At  school 


76  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

he  was  diligent  and  ambitious,  cheerful  and  active 
in  athletic  sports. 

Being  the  oldest  of  four  boys,  he  assisted  for 
some  years  his  father  in  educating  and  advancing 
the  interests  of  his  brothers.  One  brother,  John 
E.,  became  a  dentist,  and  practiced  at  Pittsfield, 
K".  H.,  and  Marblehead,  Mass.,  dying  at  the  age  of 
thirty-five  years.  Another  brother,  Frank  Mur- 
phy, m.  d.,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College, 
practiced  in  ^orthwood  and  Strafford,  N.  H.,  but 
died  at  the  very  flush  and  promise  of  life,  aged 
twenty-nine.  Another,  Albert  Warren  Murphy, 
d.  d.  s.,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Dental 
College.  After  one  year's  practice  in  Boston,  re- 
moved, in  1872,  to  Paris,  France,  where  his  pro- 
fessional labors  brought  him  both  credit  and  profit. 
At  the  expiration  of  two  years,  an  active  interest 
in  Spanish  affairs  and  a  desire  to  test  the  business 
advantages  of  the  country  led  him  to  Spain.  He 
soon  settled  in  Madrid,  where  he  now  resides,  and 
in  1879  was  appointed  dentist  to  the  royal  family. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-two  he 'married  Miss  Sa- 
brina  T.  Clark,  daughter  of  Isaac  Clark,  Esq., 
of  Barn  stead  and  after  a  few  months  spent  in 
farming  on  his  own  account,  he  moved  to  Dover, 
"N.  H.,  where  with  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  he  began  the  study  of  dentistry  with  Dr. 
Jefferson  Smith.  To  this  business  he  brought  the 
same  energy  and  power  to  prolong  the  hours  of 
labor,  and  in  two  years  was  pronounced  competent 
to  practice.  Soon  after  Dr.  Smith  died,  and  Dr. 
Murphy  succeeded  to  his  practice,  and  for  eigh- 


In   Memoriam. 


CHARLES  MIRAM  MURPHY 


BORN: 

At  Alton,  N.  H.,  November  4,  1835. 

DIED: 

At  Boston,  Mass.,  April  30,  1888. 


A     MEMBER     OF 


OLIVE  BRANCH  LODGE,  NO-  6, 


Knights  of  Pythias, 


Dover,  N.  H. 


CASTLE  HALL  OF  OLIVE  BRANCH  LODGE, 

NO.  6,  KNIGHTS  OF  PYTHIAS. 


In  Memory  of  our  departed  Brother,  Hon.  Charles  M. 
Murphy,  who  passed  away  Monday,  April  30,  1888. 
the  following  lines  are  respectfully  dedicated  : 

Once  more  the  silent  edict  comes, 

From  that  land,  so  fair  and  bright, 

And  calls  from  our  mystic  circle 
A  loyal  Pythian  Knight. 

No  more  needs  he  his  armor  now, 

His  light  on  earth  is  o'er; 
At  peace  with  all,  his  spirit,  free, 

Has  sought  that  brighter  shore. 

The  form,  once  known  on  earth  so  well, 

Amid  paths  of  love,  and  trust, 
Has  filled  its  mission  here  below 

And  returneth  back  to  dust. 

Yet  the  spirit  lives,  and  back  to  Him 

Who  sent  it  to  sojourn  here, 
'T  has  gone  to  live,  forevermore, 

Away  from  trouble  and  care. 

Let's  strive  to  emulate  the  deeds 

Which  mark,  with  radiant  light, 
The  pilgrimage  of  our  Brother,— 

A  long  life  for  truth,  and   right. 

Fragrant  in  inem'ry's  hidden  depths 

Will  we  hold  him,  evermore, 
'Till  we  part  the  veil,  in  passing 

To  that  better,  happier  shore. 

The  sincere  sympathy  of  Olive  Branch  Lodge  is  here- 
by extended  to  the  friends  of  our  deceased  Brother,  and 
as  an  expression  of  our  esteem  it  is  ordered  that  this  me- 
morial be  spread  in  full  upon  our  records,  and  our  Charter 
draped  in  mourning  for  thirty  days. 

Fred  E.  Quimby,  Committee.    ' 


Unanimously  adopted  bv  the  Lodge, 
June  13,  1888. 

O.  L.  Churbuck,  C.  C. 
A.  W.  Cotton,  K.  of  R.  &  S. 


THE  BAKNSTEAD  REUNION.  77 

teen  years  devoted  his  entire  time  and  strength  to 
a  large  and  profitable  business. 

In  1878,  he  withdrew  from  his  profession  and 
became  a  broker.  His  coolness,  sagacity  and  de- 
votion to  business  has  met  well  deserved  success. 

Dr.  Murphy  early  gave  much  attention  to  polit- 
ical matters.  A  strong  and  devoted  Republican, 
his  influence  in  his  adopted  city  has  long  been 
felt. 

In  1871  and  1873,  he  was  a  representative  from 
Dover,  and  a  member  of  Gov.  Straw's  staff. 

He  was  appointed  and  confirmed  consul  to  Mos- 
cow but  declined. 

In  1880,  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  na- 
tional convention  at  Chicago,  where  he  strongly 
supported  Blaine. 

In  1880,  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  of  Do- 
ver, and  re-elected  in  1881. 

In  1881,  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  B., 
from  Lewis  College. 

Dr.  Murphy  was  elected  president  of  the  Dover 
Five  Cent  Savings  Bank  and  under  his  guidance 
it  became  strong  and  successful. 

He  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife  dy- 
ing— being  preceded  to  the  better  land  by  their 
three  children, — he  married  Mrs.  Eliza  T.  Hanson, 
widow  of  the  late  John  T.  Hanson  of  Dover,  who 
dispenses  a  gracious  hospitality  in  their  spacious 
home. 


78  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

JUDGE  LEWIS  W.  CLARK. 

Lewis  Whitehouse  Clark  was  born  August  19, 
1828,  at  Barnstead,  N.  H. 

He  is  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Hannah  (White- 
house)  Clark,  and  has  one  sister,  Sarah  M.,  wife 
of  Samuel  E.  Batchelder,  Esq.,  of  Illine,  111. 

The  Clark  family  were  early  and  influential  set- 
tlers in  Barnstead  and  prominent  in  its  affairs. 

His  father,  Jeremiah  Clark,  Esq.,  held  many 
offices  of  trust  in  Barnstead,  and  after  his  removal 
to  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  was  for  many  years  one  of 
its  selectmen  and  represented  it  in  the  general 
court. 

He  acquired  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Barnstead  and  in  the  academies 
at  Pittsfield  and  Atkinson,  and  then  entered  Dart- 
mouth College,  where  he  graduated  in  1850. 

From  August,  1850,  to  December,  1852,  he  was 
principal  of  the  Academy  at  Pittsfield. 

Meanwhile  he  studied  law;  at  first  with  Hon. 
Moses  Norris,  and  afterward  with  A.  F.  L.  Norris 
at  Pittsfield,  and"  was  admitted  to  the  Belknap 
county  bar,  from  the  office  of  the  latter,  Sept.  3, 
1852. 

He  then  began  the  practice  of  his  profession'  at 
Pittsfield,  and  continued  there  until  April  2,  1860, 
when  he  removed  to  Manchester,  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Hon.  G.  W.  Morrison  and  the 
Hon.  Clinton  W.  Stanley. 

In  November,  1866,  he  dissolved  his  connection 
with  them,  and  practiced  alone  for  a  year  or  two,  and 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  79 

then  associated  himself  with  Henry  H.  Huse,  con- 
tinuing this  partnership  till  May  24,  1872,  when 
he  was  appointed  attorney  general  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
Hon.  William  C.  Clarke. 

He  was  appointed  judge  of  the  supreme  court 
of  New  Hampshire  August  13,  1877,  which  posi- 
tion he  now  holds. 

Fie  represented  Pittsfield  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture in  1856  and  1857,  and  was  the  nominee  of 
the  Democratic  party  for  member  of  congress  in 
the  second  district  in  1865. 

Mr.  Clark  married,  December  29,  1852,  Miss 
Helen  M.,  daughter  of  the  late  Capt.  William 
Knowlton,  of  Pittsfield,  by  whom  he  has  one 
daughter,  Mary  Helen,  and  a  son,  John  L. 

Few  men  in  New  Hampshire  have  so  many 
warm  personal  friends  as  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  A  very  liberal  man,  of  patriotic  and 
high-toned  impulses,  he  is  widely  known  and 
esteemed.  He  has  no  superior  in  the  state  as  a 
ready,  off-hand  speaker.  Felicitous  in  language, 
eloquent  in  thought,  and  generous  in  every  im- 
pulse, he  is  an  admirable  advocate  before  a  jury, 
and  wherever  he  appears  as  a  public  speaker  ac- 
quits himself  with  signal  ability. 

As  a  judge  he  has  won  the  confidence  of  his 
associates  on  the  bench,  of  the  bar  of  the  state, 
and  of  the  people,  who  recognize  in  him  an  honest 
and  just  judge. 


80  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

HON.  JOHN  P.  NEWELL. 

[TAKEN    FROM    THE    HISTORY    OF    MANCHESTER.] 

John  Plumer  Newell  was  born  in  Barnstead, 
July  29,  1823. 

He  is  the  son  of  William  H.  and  Olive  (Den- 
nett) Newell,  and  is  one  of  thirteen  children,  all 
but  two  now  living.  Mr.  Newell  spent  his  early 
life  upon  his  father's  farm,  acquiring  an  education 
in  the  district  and  select  schools  taught  in  town, 
and  fitting  for  college  at  the  academies  at  Roches- 
ter, Pittsfield,  and  Gilmanton. 

He  entered  Dartmouth  college  in  1845,  and 
graduated  in  1849,  at  the  head  of  his  class.  After 
graduating  he  taught  the  academy  at  Pittsfield, 
studying  law  meanwhile  with  A.  F.  L.  Norris  till 
March,  1851,  when  he  went  to  Manchester  to  take 
charge  of  the  high  school  there,  which  he  taught 
till  the  summer  term  of  1853.  He  then  resumed 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  S.  H.  &  B.  F. 
Ayer,  of  that  city,  and  was  admitted,  in  August, 
1853,  to  the  Hillsborough  bar. 

Early  in  the  winter  of  1853  he  opened  an  office 
in  Manchester,  and  continued  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  till  the  spring  of  1855,  when  he 
resumed  charge  of  the  high  school,  continuing  its 
principal  till  the  fall  of  1862. 

In  May,  18(33,  he  became  principal  of  Pinkerton 
academy,  at  Derry,  N.  H.,  and  held  the  position 
till  the  summer  of  1865,  when  he  returned  to  Man- 
chester, where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  being 
engaged  in  general  business. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  81 

While  at  Deny,  Mr.  Newell  had  application  to 
take  charge  of  Appleton  academy  at  New  Ips- 
wich, N.  H.,  the  boys'  high  school,  the  girls'  high 
school,  and  the  Putnam  free  school  at  Newbury- 
port,  Mass.,  but,  having  decided  to  quit  teaching, 
he  declined  them  all. 

Mr.  Newell  was  elected  by  the  city  councils,  in 
February,  1873,  mayor  of  Manchester,  and  was 
one  of  its  representatives  in  18*72,  1874,  and  1875. 

He  was  elected,  in  1856,  president  of  the  first 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  the  city  of 
Manchester,  and  served  one  year;  and  soon  after 
the  Association  was  re-organized,  in  1868,  he  was 
again  elected  its  president,  and  held  the  office  six 
consecutive  years. 

He  has  been,  since  1872,  deacon  of  the  First 
Congregational  church  in  Manchester;  for  ten 
years  was  president  of  the  society  connected  with 
the  church,  and  for  the  same  number  of  years 
superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school. 

In  1880,  Mr.  Newell  was  chosen  cashier  of  the 
Derry  National  Bank,  and  soon  after  was  appoint- 
ed assignee  of  the  Derry  Savings  Bank. 

He  is  at  the  present  time  one  of  the  trustees  of 
Pinkerton  academy  at  Derry,  N.  H.,  which  has  a 
fund  of  nearly  $250,000,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Elliott  hospital  in  Man- 
chester. 

Mr.  Newell  married,  August,  1855,  Mary  W., 
only  daughter  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Samuel  D. 
Bell,  by  whom  he  had  one  child  who  died  in  infan- 
cy.     His   first   wife  died  August,  1859,   and  he 


82  THE    BAIINSTEAD    REUNION. 

married,  June,  1863,  Elizabeth  M.,  daughter  of 
Hon.  T.  T.  Abbott,  formerly  mayor  of  Manches- 
ter^ by  whom  he  has  one  child,  Mary  Bell,  now 
living. 

Mr.  Newell  is  a  fine  scholar,  a  Christian  gen- 
tleman, and  a  pleasant,  agreeable  man.  He  has 
always,  whether  mayor  of  the  city,  teacher  of  the 
high  school,  or  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  exerted  an  elevating  influ- 
ence upon  those  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 


JOHN  HOEACE  KENT. 

John  Horace  Kent,  whose  life-like  portrait  pre- 
cedes this  sketch,  was  the  only  son  of  John  Kent, 
a  native  of  Rochester,  New  Hampshire,  who, 
after  a  few  years'  residence  in  early  life  in  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  married  Ruhamah  Dearborn,  daugh- 
ter of  Asa  Dearborn,  of  that  town  and  removed 
to  Barnstead,  in  1823,  where  the  subject  of  this 
article  was  born,  October,  10,  1828. 

John  Horace  attended  the  Pittsfield  and  Straf- 
ford academies,  the  Portsmouth  high  school  (at 
the  time  John  True  Tasker,  of  Barnstead,  was  the 
principal),  and  in  1843,  the  year  in  which  his 
father  died,  he  with  his  mother  removed  to  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  and  became  a  member  of  the  high 
school  in  that  city. 

In  1845,  he  went  to  New  York  to  enter  a 
wholesale  establishment,  remaining  therein  two 
years,  performing  most    efficient    service    for    his 


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THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  83 

employers.  He  afterward  was  engaged  in  the 
steam  tannery  business  in  western  Pennsylvania 
with  his  uncle. 

In  1849,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  California 
gold  fever,  Mr.  Kent  withdrew  from  the  tannery 
business  in  order  to  go  to  the  land  of  promise, 
and  while  en  route,  being  detained  in  Panama  for 
a  few  weeks,  he  commenced  the  publication  of  a 
newspaper  called  the  Panama  Sta?',  which  proved 
a  successful  venture,  and  up  to  the  present  time 
has  held  a  leading  position  among  the  newspapers 
of  the  day.  Disposing,  finally,  of  his  interest 
therein,  Mr.  Kent  went  to  San  Francisco,  where 
his  abilities  were  quickly  recognized,  soon  giving 
him  many  positions  of  prominence,  among  them 
a  director  of  the  "  Society  of  California  Pioneers," 
a  member  of  the  first  "  Committee  of  Vigilance," 
which  was  organized  in  June,  1851,  and  whose 
record  has  become  an  interesting  part  of  the 
history  of  California;  he  was  also  made  secretary 
of  the  Broderick  wing  of  the  Democratic  com- 
mittee of  San  Francisco,  held  an  important 
government  position  under  President  Pierce  in 
the  Customs  Department,  and  lastly  was  elected 
coroner,  a  prominent  and  lucrative  office,  which 
latter  position  he  held  for  a  long  time  and  with 
marked  ability.  During  the  memorable  Frazer 
river  mining  excitement,  he  went  to  British  Colum- 
bia as  special  correspondent,  and  also  accompa- 
nied the  builders  of  the  Southern  overland  tele- 
graph line,  in  the  same  capacity,  in  the  interest 
of   the    San    Francisco   press.      In    gleaning  the 


84  THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

news  of  those  pioneer  days,  he  exhibited  great 
tact,  and,  as  the  records  show,  always  "  came  in 
ahead"  of  his  competitors,  not  only  in  gathering 
up  but  in  the  early  transmission  of  the  intelligence 
of  the  day. 

During  his  residence  in  California,  Mr.  Kent 
visited  New  England  several  times,  and  on  one  of 
these  trips,  December,  1852,  married  Miss  Adeline 
Penniman,  the  youngest  child  of  Bethuel  and 
Sophia  Penniman,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  and 
then  returned  to  the  Western  coast,  with  his  esti- 
mable bride,  where  he  remained  until  1860.  While 
sojourning  on  the  Pacific  slope,  Mr.  Kent,  by  his 
keen  executive  abilities,  combined  with  indomita- 
ble pluck,  much  needed  in  those  days,  won  con- 
siderable prominence;  his  services  were  in  con- 
stant demand,  his  views  were  frequently  sought, 
for  in  matters  of  polity  having  no  sympathy  with 
that  "  as-it-was-in-the-beginning-is-now-and-ever- 
shall-be  "  idea,  he  believed  in  and  hailed  changes 
which  tended  to  improvements,  and  hence  was 
rightly  considered  a  progressive  man,  who  knew  no 
such  word  as  fail, — characteristics  which  have  fol- 
lowed him  all  through  his  active  life.  Mr.  Kent 
returned  permanently  to  New  England  in  1860, 
making  the  trip  overland,  a  good  portion  of  the 
way  by  stage  lines,  his  devoted  helpmeet,  and  son 
born  to  them  in  San  Francisco,  preceding  him  by 
steamer  via  Panama  to  New  York.  When  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out,  Mr.  Kent  becom- 
ing convinced  of  the  righteousness  of  the  North- 
ern side  of  the  dispute,  volunteered  his  services  as 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  85 

a  private,  and  joined  a  Massachusetts  regiment, 
going  to  the  Department  of  North  Carolina,  thence 
to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Late  in  1863,  he 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service,  and  appointed  a 
special  agent  of  the  provost  marshal's  department 
for  the  district  of  New  Hampshire,  with  head- 
quarters at  Portsmouth,  holding  that  office  until  it 
was  abolished. 

Mr.  Kent  has  since  that  time  to  the  present  been  a 
resident  of  Portsmouth,  and  during  this  period  has 
held  several  offices  of  public  trust,  being  twice  elect- 
ed city  marshal  and  twice  appointed  to  respon- 
sible positions  in  the  secret  service  of  the  U.  S. 
treasury  department;  also  has  been  special  officer 
and  claim  agent  for  the  Eastern  railroad,  and 
special  inspector  of  customs  for  the  district  of 
New  Hampshire.  In  1873  and  1874,  he  was  elect- 
ed as  representative  to  the  N.  H.  legislature,  and  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  Gov.  Cheney's  staff,  with  the 
rank  of  colonel;  in  1876,  was  appointed  sheriff  of 
Rockingham  county  by  the  governor  and  council, 
and  three  times  elected  to  the  same  by  the  people 
since  the  office  has  been  made  elective,  at  present 
holding  the  position,  and  has  since  the  commence- 
ment of  the  publication  of  ihis  book  again  been 
complimented  with  a  renomination  for  another  term 
of  official  life;  also  that  of  United  States  deputy 
marshal,  with  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  work 
of  investigating  crime  and  ferret-ting  out  crimi- 
nals. Col.  Kent  is  connected  with  several  secret 
bodies,  including  DeWitt  Clinton  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar,  St.  Andrews  Lodge,  Washing- 


86  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

ton  Chapter,  and  Davenport  Council  of  Masons, 
Osgood  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  Storer  Post,  No. 
1,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  Sagamore 
Lodge  Knights  of  Honor,  all  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Thoroughly  social  and  free  in  his  nature,  Mr. 
Kent  became  for  some  years  addicted  to  drink. 
His  downward  career  seemed  rapid;  but  at  last, 
fully  realizing  that  nature  was  giving  way  under 
these  excesses,  he  resolved  to  quit  the  habit,  and 
after  a  season  of  treatment  at  the  Washingtonian 
Home  in  Boston,  he  came  forth  a  thoroughly 
reformed  man,  and  afterward  held  the  presidency 
of  the  Washingtonian  Total  Abstinence  Society 
of  Portsmouth,  the  same  office  in  the  New  Eng- 
land Reformed  Men's  Association,  and  of  the  New 
Hampshire  State  Temperance  Association. 

He  inaugurated  a  series  of  temperance  meet- 
ings in  various  parts  of  the  state,  and  was  the 
principal  speaker  therein,  the  happy  results  of 
these  meetings  being  marked  by  the  reclaiming  of 
many  hard  drinkers,  who  are  to-day  blessing 
"Horace  Kent"  for  his  noble  and  unremitting 
work  in  their  behalf, — a  work  more  blessed  be- 
cause his  own  bitter  experience  had  been  his 
teacher.  In  years  of  his  greatest  tribulation, 
brought  on  solely  by  drink,  Col.  Kent  had  the 
unswerving  love  and  trust  of  a  noble,  devoted 
wife  and  mother  whose  efforts  to  reclaim  him  were 
as  unceasing  as  hope,  and  at  last,  after  the  most 
bitter  agonies  of  spirit,  the  fruition  came, — came 
like  a  benediction,  for-  the  salvation  was  complete 
and  life  to  each  became  a  new  song, — a  "  te  deum." 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  87 

Col.  Kent  has  an  only  son,  Horace  Penniman 
Kent,  who  occupies  a  government  position  in  Bos- 
ton, and  who  possesses  in  a  marked  degree  the 
excellent  qualities  of  his  devoted  parents. 

Hosts  of  friends,  scattered  from  Maine's  rock- 
bound  coast  to  California's  golden  shores,  attest 
to  virtues  which  ennoble  and  distinguish  character, 
to  generosity  and  benevolence  which  abound  al- 
most to  a  fault,  and  bear  willing  testimony  to  the 
fidelity,  zeal,  and  earnestness  which  has  followed 
the  performance  of  every  trust,  to  the  liberality, 
faithfulness,  and  ready  support  given  every  meas- 
ure conducive  to  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and 
lastly,  to  the  unswerving  friendship  of  John  Hor- 
ace Kent. 

DR.  JOSEPH  R.  HAYES. 

BY  ROBERT  B.  CAVERLY. 

Joseph  R.  Hayes  was  born  in  Barnstead, 
March  7,  1818.  His  father  was  Lemuel,  son  of 
Paul  Hayes,  late  of  Alton,  N\.H.,  who  was  of 
Scotch  origin,  and  whose  father  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  New  England. 

His  mother  was  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Ben- 
net,  of  New  Durham,  N".  H.  His  parents  were 
married  in  1800,  and  had  nine  children,  seven  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

The  father  failing  in  the  farming  business,  and 
the  mother  dying,  the  children  were  early  left 
without  care  and  the  means  of  support. 

From  this  cause  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
consigned   to  the   care  of  his   revered   grandpa- 


88  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

rents.  He  was  limited  in  his  school  advantages, 
and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  became  a  student  at 
the  Free  Baptist  Institution  at  Strafford,  ~N.  H., 
now  known  as  Austin  academy.  Here  he  was 
fellow-student  with  Henry  Wilson,  afterwards 
Vice-President  of  the  United  States,  and  also  with 
Zachariah  B.  Caverly,  afterwards  an  able  lawyer 
and  secretary  of  legation  to  the  republic  of  Peru. 
Both  remained  his  cordial  friends  all  their  days. 

From  the  academy  he  became  a  teacher,  first  in 
1838  and  1839  at  Farmington  and  Dover,  N.  EL,  and 
then  in  1840,  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  where  he 
remained  until  1847,  and  while  teaching  he  pur- 
sued the  study  of  medicine. 

Leaving  Wilmington,  he  returned  to  New 
England,  and,  uniting  in  marriage  with  the  amia- 
ble Leah  D.,  daughter  of  Paul  Hayes,  Esq.,  of 
Alton,  he  established  himself  in  the  business  of 
a  druggist  and  apothecary  in  the  city  of  Lowell, 
Mass.,  where  ever  since  he  has  diligently  and  suc- 
cessfully prosecuted  his  profession  up  to  a  good 
name  and  fame,  and  to  an  independent  fortune. 
Dr.  Hayes  had  three  children,  but  lost  them  in  their 
infancy.     The  dear  wife  and  mother  died  in  1874. 

In  course  of  time,  Feb.  1883,  the  Doctor  inter- 
married with  Mrs.  Mary  White  Lcighton,  a  lady 
of  much  amiability,  and  now  in  the  full  promise 
of  a  continued  useful  an<J  successful  life,  he  occu- 
pies his  stately  granite  mansion,  on  the  lofty  banks 
of  the  Merrimack,  overlooking  its  limpid  water- 
falls and  its  progressive  spindle  city.  Dr.  Hayes 
was  the  leading  man,  who  by  a  generous  contribu- 


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Jib. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  89 

tion  and  otherwise  induced  the  writer  of  this  to  un- 
dertake the  compilation  of  the  History  of  Barn- 
Stead  out  of  the  material  which  had  previously 
been  collected  by  the  late  Dr.  J.  P.  Jewett — a  his- 
tory illustrated  and  poetized  so  it  is  now  valued  and 
advertised  in  Boston  at  the  price  of  $5  per  copy. 

The  Doctor,  although  always  absorbed  in  his 
professional  duties,  has  often  been  called  by  his 
fellow-citizens  to  important  places  of  trust,  and 
sometimes  he  has  found  time  for  such  duties.  He 
has  been  a  director  of  the  city  library,  is  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  Lowell  cemetery,  and  a  trustee  in 
the  Central  Savings  Bank  in  Lowell.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  and  is  a  director  in  a  large  literary 
society  in  Middlesex  county,  Mass.,  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  science  and  art,  under  the  corporate 
name  of  "  The  Literati." 

Endowed  with  that  equal  disposition  which 
always  creates  its  own  happiness,  and  with  that 
open  and  flowing  benevolence  which  always  pro- 
motes the  happiness  of  others,  may  the  Doctor, 
with  his  lovely  lady,  long  live  and  faithfully  in  his 
sphere  continue  to  adorn  his  profession,  and  to  the 
end  of  life  nobly  fulfil  the  mission  of  his  man- 
hood. 


HAKSON  CAYER^O  CAOTEY,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Canney  is  the  son  of  Paul  J.  and  Eliza 
(Hanson)  Canney,  both  natives  of  Barnstead. 

The  Canney  and  Hanson  families  were  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  and  zealous 


90  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

and  respectable  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  who  patiently  bore  their  part  in  the 
religious  persecutions  of  Governor  Wentworth, 
and  each  suffered  in  the  long  and  bloody  In- 
dian wars,  during  which  one-twelfth  of  the  in- 
habitants of  the  province  were  either  killed  or  car- 
ried captives  to  Canada.  Through  these  trying 
periods  they  proved  by  their  acts  the  steadfastness 
of  their  faith,  although  Jeremy  Belknap,  in  the 
second  volume  of  his  "  Early  History  of  New 
Hampshire,"  remarks  of  one  of  them  that  "  having 
several  lusty  sons,  and  always  keeping  their  guns 
loaded  for  game,  the  Indians  kept  away  from  him." 

Dr.  Canney  was  born  in  the  immediate  neigh- 
borhood of  Mount  Job,  North  Strafford,  New 
Hampshire,  November  17,  1839,  and  lived  there 
until  his  parents  removed  to  Barnstead,  to  the 
homestead  of  his  grandfather,  Caverno  Hanson, 
Esq.,  when  he  was  seven  years  of  age. 

He  assisted  his  parents  upon  the  farm  and  was 
a  pupil  in  the  common  schools  until  old  enough  to 
attend  a  preparatory  school,  when  he  fitted  for 
college  at  Pittsfield,  New  Hampton,  and  Gilman- 
ton  academies. 

After  teaching  in  various  places,  he  studied 
medicine  with  John  Wheeler,  m.  d.,  of  Pittsfield, 
and  Prof.  A.  B.  Crosby,  of  Hanover,  N.  H., 
graduating  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in 
the  class  of  1864. 

He  married,  Nov.  13,  1864,  Ellen  M.  Nutter, 
the  daughter  of  Wm.  P.  and  Hannah  (Chesley) 
Nutter.     The  Nutter  family  was  among  the  first 


THE  BABNSTEAD  REUNION.  91 

settlers  of  that  part  of  Dover  known  as  "  Bloody 
Point  Parish,"  afterward  incorporated  under  the 
name*  of  Newington,  and  came  early  to  Barnstead. 

He  has  been  blessed  with  two  children,  Bertie 
Caverno,  who  lived  but  a  few  months,  and  Gret- 
tie  Eliza,  now  aged  7  years. 

On  Jan.  1,  1865,  Dr.  Canney  commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  at  Auburn,  N.  H.,  as  succes- 
sor of  the  venerable  Nathan  Plumer,  m.  d.  There 
upon  the  shore  of  the  beautiful  Lake  Massabesic 
the  first  ten  years  of  his  married  life  were  passed 
in  the  successful  practice  of  his  profession. 

He  devoted  a  portion  of  his  time  to  writing  for 
several  papers  and  magazines,  but  under  various 
nom  de  plumes,  for  the  Doctor  thought  and  still 
thinks  that  the  public  consider  the  man  who  writes 
poetry  a  wild  dreamer, — hardly  capable  of  the  care- 
ful and  exact  reasoning  needful  for  the  practice 
of  medicine. 

During  the  larger  part  of  his  residence  in  Au- 
burn he  was  superintendent  of  schools;  in  1873 
and  1874,  represented  Auburn  in  the  legislature; 
was  two  years  a  censor  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  So- 
ciety and  first  vice-president  of  the  North  Rock- 
ingham Medical  Association. 

In  November,  1874,  he  removed  to  Manchester, 
and  purchased,  in  connection  with  J.  A.Wiley,  Esq., 
the  City  Hall  drug  store,  also  opening  an  office  at 
No.  7,  Hanover  St.,  for  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, where  he  still  remains. 

In  1875  and  1876  he  was  city  physician,  and  in 
1876  represented  his  ward  in  the  legislature.     In 


92  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

1878,  finding  some  objectionable  features  in  the 
drug  business,  he  sold  his  interest  and  gave  his 
entire  time  to  his  profession. 

In  1881,  he  purchased  an  interest  in  and  became 
editor  of  the  literary  paper  known  as  "  The  Girls 
and  Boys  of  New  Hampshire"  but  finding,  after 
one  year,  that  his  literary  and  professional  duties 
were  more  laborious  than  he  anticipated,  he  dis- 
posed of  the  paper,  devoting  his  undivided  atten- 
tion since  to  his  increasing  practice. 


DR.  GEORGE  W.  EMERSON. 

George  Washington  Emerson,  son  of  Solomon 
and  Deborah  Emerson,  was  born  in  Barnstead 
October  25,  1823.  The  family  were  among  the 
first  and  foremost  of  those  who  reclaimed  Barn- 
stead  from  the  primeval  forest. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Barnstead, 
where  he  was  a  close  student. 

In  1837,  with  his  two  older  brothers,  Thomas 
and  Solomon,  and  his  twin  brother  Jefferson  and  oth- 
ers, he  helped  organize  the  Barnstead  Brass  Band, 
which  has  had  a  continued  active  existence  ever 
since,  and  is  now  the  oldest  band  in  the  United  States. 
He  was  elected  its  leader  in  1839,  and  served  as 
such  till  1843,  when  he  left  Barnstead  for  Boston, 
Mass.,  where  he  engaged  as  musician  in  Barnum's 
traveling  show,  continuing  with  it  for  one  season. 

In  1844,  he  went  to  New  York  city  and  engaged 
in  the  business  of  publishing  maps. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  93 

He  went  South  in  1846,  to  Newmarket  in  the 
valley  of  Virginia, — commenced  the  study  of  med- 
icine, in  1847,  with  Dr.  J.  D.  Hitt. 

In  1849,  went  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and  stud- 
ied dentistry  with  Dr.  Robert  Arthur,  meanwhile 
attending  lectures  in  the  medical  department  of 
University  of  Georgetown,  D.  C 

In  1852,  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  and  attended 
lectures  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Dental 
Surgery.  Here  his  courage  was  severely  tested. 
His  means  had  become  so  exhausted  that  in  order 
to  attend  lectures  at  this  term  he  was  obliged  to 
take  a  room  in  an  attic,  and  to  subsist  upon  two 
cents'  worth  of  corn  meal  daily,  made  into  a  mush 
with  his  own  hands.  But  he  was  successful  grad- 
uating with  the  first  honors,  receiving  the  title  of 
D.  D.  S.  in  February,  1853. 

Dr.  Emerson  at  once  located  in  Glassboro', 
~N.  J.,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  den- 
tistry. 

Seeking  a  warmer  climate,  he  went  South,  and 
located  in  Griffin,  Georgia,  Jan.,  1855.  Here  he 
was  very  successful.  In  1859,  Dr.  Emerson  re- 
moved to  the  city  of  Macon,  Georgia,  and  erected 
a  fine  brown  stone  front  building.  The  upper 
stories  he  arranged  with  special  reference  to  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  when  his  dental 
rooms  were  completed,  a  writer  in  the  J¥.  Y.  Den- 
tal Journal  said:  "Dr.  Emerson's  dental  rooms  in 
Macon,  Georgia,  are  decidedly  the  best  appointed, 
most  unique,  and  most  convenient  of  any  in  the 
United  States." 


94  THE  BAENSTEAD  REUNION. 

Dr.  Emerson  became  one  of  the  leading  den- 
tists of  the  South,  his  fine  operations  attracting 
patients  from  adjoining  states. 

After  fourteen  years'  successful  practice  in  this 
city,  his  health  becoming  impaired  he  determined 
to  rest.  Renting  his  fine  rooms  to  Drs.  J.  P.  & 
W.  R.  Holmes  he  returned  to  Barnstead,  Nov., 
1873. 

On  his  retiring  from  practice  the  Macon  Tele- 
graph and  Messenger  said : 

"  The  public  will  have  observed  with  regret  that 
this  distinguished  dentist  has  retired  from  practice, 
at  least  for  a  time.  Dr.  Emerson  is  a  most  esti- 
mable gentleman^  and  has  proved  himself  an  ex- 
cellent citizen  of  Macon.  His  skill  in  his  profes- 
sion has  placed  many  of  our  people  under  per- 
sonal obligations  to  him.  He  will  be  followed  by 
the  best  wishes  of  the  Macon  public  wherever  he 
goes." 

On  his  return  to  Barnstead,  Dr.  Emerson  pur- 
chased of  his  brother  the  old  homestead  farm, 
where  he  was  born  and  where  his  boyhood  was 
spent,  and  has  enlarged  and  refitted  the  buildings 
thereon,  making  a  beautiful  residence. 

Dr.  Emerson  has  devoted  his  attention  in  part 
to  interests  of  agriculture.  He  was  president  of 
the  Barnstead  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Society 
for  several  years,  and  to  his  untiring  efforts  is 
largely  due  the  success  of  the  town  fairs.  He 
was  also  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Belknap 
County  Agricultural  Society. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  95 

In  1877  and  1878,  he  represented  Barnstead  in 
the  legislature,  and  afterwards  was  elected  to 
offices  of  trust  in  the  town  until  he  positively  re- 
fused to  serve. 

Dr.  Emerson,  by  his  liberality  and  public  spirit, 
has  endeared  himself  to  the  citizens  of  Barnstead 
to  an  enviable  degree.  His  labors  and  donations 
for  everything  touching  the  welfare  or  good  name 
of  Barnstead  will  long  be  remembered. 


HOIST.  GEORGE  S.  PENDERGAST. 

George  S.  Pendergast,  son  of  Deacon  Solomon 
and  Rebecca  Pendergast;  born  Nov.  19,  1815; 
educated  at  the  common  schools,  and  at  Strafford, 
and  Gilmanton  academies;  went  to  Boston,  Mass., 
1837;  found  employment  in  a  grocery  store;  was 
occupied  as  a  clerk  and  for  himself  in  that  busi- 
ness, successfully,  till  1844;  then  went  to  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  fancy 
cake  and  pastry  baking  business,  with  success,  till 
1862,  when  he  retired  from  active  business. 

Served  as  one  of  the  assessors  of  the  city  of 
Charlestown  for  the  years  1862  and  1863,  and  was 
elected  an  assessor  in  1864,  but  declined  to  serve. 
Was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  house  of 
representatives  from  the  above  city  for  the  years 
1864  and  1865.  Was  elected  without  his  knowl- 
edge that  he  was  to  be  voted  for  city  treasurer  and 
collector  of  taxes,  in  1864;  but  owing  to  other 
duties  he  declined  to  accept  the  office.  Was  an 
active  member  of  the  recruiting  committee  during 


96  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and,  the  latter  part 
thereof,  had  full  and  exclusive  charge  of  the  en- 
rollment lists  for  said  city.  Near  the  close  of  the 
war  he  received  from  the  enrolled  men  of  his  ward 
a  handsome  silver  service,  of  eleven  pieces,  as  a 
testimonial  of  their  appreciation  of  his  services  in 
aid  of  recruiting.  Was  elected,  1868,  chairman 
of  the  board  of  assessors  of  said  city,  and  con- 
tinued to  be  re-elected  to  that  office  and  serve 
therein,  till  the  annexation  of  the  city  of  Charles- 
town  to  the  city  of  Boston,  January,  1874.  Has 
been  one  of  the  first  assistant  assessors  of  the 
city  of  Boston  every  year  since  said  annexation, 
to  and  including  1883  and  1884,  and  is  elected  for 
1884  and  1885.  Has  written  several  able  articles 
on  taxation,  notably  one  on  Taxation  of  Incomes, 
published  by  the  tax  commissioners  of  Massachu- 
setts in  the  appendix  of  their  report  on  taxation 
and  exemp'tion  therefrom,  in  1875.  He  is  one  of 
the  trustees  and  vice-presidents  and  a  member  of 
the  investment  committee  of  the  Charlestown  Five 
Cent  Savings  Bank.  On  the  organization  of  the 
Mutual  Protection  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
Charlestown,  in  1864,  he  was  elected  one  of  the 
directors  thereof,  and  continues  to  serve  in  that 
capacity  to  the  present  time. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  desires  to  have  here- 
with recorded  his  grateful  acknowledgement  of  the 
very  kind  consideration  received  from  the  citizens 
of  Charlestown  and  Boston,  and  also  his  abiding 
love  toward  Barnstead  the  liome  of  his  childhood. 


THE  BABNSTEAD  REUNION.  97 

HARRIET  P.  DAME. 

Miss  Harriet  Patience  Dame,  daughter  of  James 
Chadbourne  and  Phebe  Ayers  Dame,  was  born  at 
Barnstead,  January  5,  1815. 

Her  parents  moved  to  Barnstead  about  the  year 
1797.  They  then  had  one  son.  Five  children 
were  born  in  Barnstead,  of  whom  Harriet  was 
the  youngest. 

In  1843,  she  removed  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  with 
her  parents,  where  she  resided  until  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion. 

That  event  at  once  aroused  her  patriotism,  and 
she  anxiously  desired  to  aid  the  Union  cause. 
Not  being  permitted  to  carry  a  musket,  she  de- 
cided to  become  an  army  nurse,  and  joined  the 
Second  Regiment  N.  H.  Vols.,  as  hospital  matron, 
in  June,  1861,  and  remained  connected  with  the 
regiment  until  it  was  finally  mustered  out  in  De- 
cember, 1865 — four  years  and  eight  months.  The 
pay  of  a  hospital  matron  was  then  six  dollars  per 
month.  In  1863,  it  was  increased  to  ten  dollars 
per  month,  and  so  remained  during  the  war. 

She  was  in  camp  near  Washington,  D.  C,  till 
November,  1861 ;  then  at  Budd's  Ferry,  Md.,  till 
April,  1862,  went  with  the  regiment  to  Yprktown 
and  up  the  Peninsula.  She  was  inside  the 
trenches  at  Fair  Oaks  while  the  rebels  were  bom- 
barding them,  and  a  shell  passed  through  the  tent 
occupied  by  her. 

After  that  battle,  the  Union  troops  retreating, 
she  walked  a  long  distance  and  assisted  the  sick 
and  wounded  on  the  march. 


98  THE   BAENSTEAD   REUNION. 

One  very  dark  night  she  passed  in  the  thick 
wood,  not  knowing  whether  she  was  nearer  to 
friends  or  foes,  and  for  that  reason  not  attempting 
to  proceed. 

At  this  time,  she  was  the  only  woman  in 
the  brigade,  and  frequently  nursed  the  sick 
and  wounded  of  other  regiments.  She  was 
well  known  to  all  the  soldiers  of  the  brigade, 
and  those  of  other  regiments  seemed  to  rival  the 
Second  in  the  respect  shown  her. 

She  was  with  her  regiment  at  Harrison's  Land- 
ing and  remained  there  until  August,  1862,  when 
she  left  that  place  on  a  hospital  boat  and  on  arrival 
at  Fortress  Monroe,  was  ordered  to  accompany  a 
ship-load  of  sick  and  wounded  to  New  York. 
She  rejoined  her  regiment  at  Alexandria,  Aug. 
23,  1862,  and  participated  in  the  second  Bull  Run 
Battle,  and  at  the  retreat  of  the  army  was  placed 
on  duty  as  a  nurse  at  a  hospital  near  the  old  stone 
church  at  Centreville,  Va. 

While  en  route  from  that  point  to  Washington, 
with  sick  and  wounded,  she  was  taken  prisoner, 
but  was  soon  released. 

At  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  in  December, 
1862,  she  suffered  much  from  exposure,  but  re- 
mained with  the  sick  and  wounded  until  they  were 
removed  to  Washington,  where  she  accompanied 
them. 

There,  by  universal  consent,  she  assumed  charge 
of  the  supplies  sent  from  New  Hampshire  for 
the  sick    and  wounded   soldiers   from   that  state, 


THE  BAKNSTEAD  REUNION.  99 

and  distributed  them  to  the  most  needy  at  the  dif- 
ferent hospitals. 

During  the  winter  of  1862-3  the  Second  Reg- 
iment was  recruiting.  Upon  its  return  to  active 
duty,  Miss  Dame  rejoined  them,  and  was  at  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg.  She  remained  in  the  corps 
hospital  until  the  sick  and  wounded  were  removed 
to  the  general  hospital.  She  then  rejoined  the 
regiment  at  Point  Lookout,  where  it  was  guard- 
ing prisoners  of  war. 

Being  worn  out  by  exposure  and  incessant  duty, 
Miss  Dame  was  ordered  South  to  investigate  the 
sanitary  condition  of  the  New  Hampshire  troops 
stationed  near  Charleston,  S.  C.  She  sailed 
from  New  York  on  the  steamer  Argo,  visited 
Morris  and  Folly  Islands,  en  route  to  Fort  Gregg, 
and  being  fired  on  from  Fort  Moultrie,  returned 
to  Hilton  Head,  and  from  there  went  to  St.  Au- 
gustine, Fla.,  and  ascertaining  the  impracticability 
of  establishing  a  general  hospital  at  that  point, 
returned  North,  and,  at  the  request  of  Gen. 
Sprague,  of  New  York,  reported  the  condition  of 
the  sick  on  the  boats,  while  in  transitu,  as  ob- 
served by  her,  to  Surgeon  'General  Barnes,  which 
resulted  in  much  good  to  disabled  soldiers  who 
were  compelled  to  make  long  journeys  to  reach 
suitable  hospitals. 

Miss  Dame  rejoined  her  regiment,  and  was  at 
the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor.  Soon  after  that,  the 
original  three-years  men  of  the  regiment,  who 
had  not  re-enlisted,  were  mustered  out.  She  re- 
mained with  the   re-enlisted  men,  and  was   for  a 


100  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

time  in  front  of  Petersburg,  and  then  at  Chapin's 
Farm  near  Richmond. 

About  this  time,  the  army  was  so  continuously 
on  the  march  that  corps  hospitals  were  established, 
and  the  sick  and  wounded  sent  to  them  until  they 
could  be  safely  moved  to  hospitals  farther  north. 

Miss  Dame  was  appointed  matron  of  the  18th 
Corps  hospital  Sept.,  1864,  and  had  supervision  of 
the  nurses  on  duty,  and  also  of  the  cooking  for 
the  sick  and  wounded  in  the  hospital,  which  at 
times  amounted  to  three  thousand. 

She  remained  there  until  the  close  of  the  active 
operations  of  the  war,  and  then  rejoined  the  2d 
Regiment  at  Manchester,  Va.,  opposite  Richmond, 
and  then  to  Fredericksburg,  after  which  they  were 
ordered  to  Richmond  county,  between  the  Poto- 
mac and  the  Rappahannock  rivers.  The  regiment 
while  there  suffered  more  by  sickness  and  death 
than  during  any  equal  time  of  its  service. 

On  the  the  25th  of  December,  1865,  the  regi- 
ment was  mustered  out  of  the  service,  and  Miss 
Dame's  army  record  ended  with  theirs.  Of  her 
services  Gen.  Gilman  Marston,  for  years  colonel 
of  the  regiment,  has  said : 

"  Miss  Harriet  P.  Dame  went  out  with  the  Sec- 
ond New  Hampshire  Volunteers  in  June,  1861, 
and  remained  with  that  regiment  and  in  the  army 
hospitals  till  after  the  close  of  the  war.  She 
sought  no  soft  place,  but  wherever  her  regiment 
went  she  went,  often  marching  on  foot  and  camp- 
ing without  tent  on  the  field.  She  was  always 
present  where  most  needed,  and  to  the  suffering, 


V 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION.  101 

whether  '  Yank '  or  '  Grayback,'  it  made  no  differ- 
ence. She  was  truly  an  angel  of  mercy.  Miss 
Dame  was  the  bravest  woman  I  ever  knew.  I 
have  seen  her  face  a  battery  without  flinching, 
while  a  man  took  refuge  behind  her  to  avoid  the 
flying  fragments  of  bursting  shells.  Of  all  the 
men  and  women  who  volunteered  to  serve  their 
country  during  the  late  war,  not  one  is  more  de- 
serving of  reward  than  Harriet  P.  Dame." 

After  the  close  of  the  war,  Miss  Dame  remained 
with  friends  in  Washington,  D.  C.  (her  home  in 
Concord  having  been  broken  up),  until  the  sum- 
mer of  1866,  when  she  visited  her  brothers  in 
Wisconsin  and  Michigan. 

In  August,  1867,  she  was  appointed  a  clerk  in 
the  Treasury  Department,  at  a  salary  of  nine  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum,  where  she  still  remains, 
enjoying  many  proofs  of  the  love  of  the  soldiers, 
and  the  respect  of  all  who  know  her. 


MISS  KATCY  PEXDERGAST. 

Nancy  Pendergast,  daughter  of  Dea.  Solomon 
and  Rebecca  Pendergast,  was  born  at  Barnstead, 
ST.  H.,  June  1,  1819. 

She  received  her  education  at  the  town  schools 
and  at  Pittsfield  academy,  and  led  a  quiet  une- 
ventful life  at  home  and  in  her  brother's  family  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  until  the  dark  days  of  the 
Rebellion,  when  she  obeyed  the  voice  of  duty  and 
gave  efficient  service  as  a  nurse  in  the  hospitals  at 
Point  Lookout,  and  at  Annapolis,  Md. 


102  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

In  November,  1862,  having  decided  to  labor  as  a 
nurse,  she  applied  to  a  friend  in  Charlestown,  who 
was  in  communication  with  Miss  Dorothy  L.  Dix, 
who  had  been  appointed  by  the  government  su- 
perintendent of  nurses,  and  learning  that  her 
services  were  wanted,  she  went  to  Dr.  Hayward, 
of  Boston,  for  approval  and  acceptance  as  hospi- 
tal nurse,  and  also  for  transportation  papers,  and 
in  one  week  after  deciding  to  go,  was  on  her 
way  to  Washington. 

She  met  Miss  Dix  on  the  train  between  Balti- 
more and  Washington,  and  accompanied  her  home, 
remaining  with  her  that  night.  In  the  morning 
she  was  ordered  to  Columbia  hospital,  till  there 
should  be  an  opportunity  for  her  to  go  to  Point 
Lookout. 

In  about  ten  days  Miss  Dix  ordered  her  to  re- 
port to  her  next  morning  at  seven  o'clock. 

A  cattle  boat  was  going  down  the  Potomac  to 
Point  Lookout,  on  which  she  and  another  nurse 
who  like  her  was  waiting  for  transportation  could  go. 

They  were  the  only  women  on  the  boat,  and  had 
to  accept  very  meagre  accommodations.  They 
were  served  with  supper  on  the  boat,  but  during 
the  night  the  cattle  burst  through  into  the  kitchen 
and  no  breakfast  could  be  given.  It  was  not  until 
3  o'clock  p.  m.  that  they  arrived  at  Point  Lookout, 
Dec.  10,  1862. 

There  they  found  plenty  of  work  to  be  done. 
On  the  15th  of  December,  a  boat  load  of  wounded 
soldiers  "arrived  from  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg, 
which  took  place  the  13th. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  103 

The  nurses  were  called  on  to  do  what  they 
could  for  the  poor  suffering  boys.  As  there  were 
not  surgeons  enough  to  attend  to  them,  immedi- 
ately Miss  Pendergast,  with  a  basin  of  water, 
sponges,  and  bandages,  dressed  wound  after  wound, 
and  if  the  gratitude  of  these  sufferers  was  any 
proof  that  the  work  was  well  done,  then  surely  it 
was  a  success. 

From  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  six  wounded 
soldiers  were  brought  on  stretchers  to  her  ward; 
but  in  time  they  all  recovered,  ascribing  their  re- 
covery in  a  large  measure  to  her  assiduous  care. 

The  soldiers'  aid  society  of  Charlestown,  Mass., 
and  also  private  individuals  sent  her  many  gener- 
ous contributions  of  delicacies  for  the  sick  and 
wounded  soldiers,  which  were  thoroughly  appre- 
ciated and  were  very  beneficial.  She  remained  at 
Point  Lookout  till  September,  1863,  when  she 
was  so  ill  with  fever  and  ague,  that  she  was  obliged 
to  return  to  her  home  in  Charlestown,  and  re- 
mained there  until  the  next  spring,  when  Miss 
Dix  wrote  her  asking  for  her  service  again. 

In  April,  1864,  Miss  Pendergast  reported  to 
her  at  Washington,  and  was  sent  to  Annapolis, 
Md.,  where  she  remained  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

Here  she  saw  more  of  suffering  than  ever  be- 
fore. The  Union  soldiers  from  the  rebel  prisons 
were  landed  here.  Boatloads  after  boatloads  of 
these  poor,  suffering,  emaciated  soldiers  arrived  in 
the  most  forlorn  condition,  many  of  them  without 
hats  or  shoes,  their  clothing  in  rags,  and  so  weak 
they  could  hardly  walk. 


104  THE  BAENSTEAD  REUNION. 

It  was  heart-rending  to  listen  to  their  stories  of 
the  terrible  suffering  endured  in  those  prisons. 
Many  of  them  would  sink  away  and  die,  and  very 
few  probably  who  reached  home  ever  fully  recov- 
ered. 

Since  the  war,  Miss  Pendergast  has  worthily 
filled  several  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust, 
the  most  note-worthy  being  that  of  housekeeper 
and  valued  friend  of  the  late  Rev.  James  Walker, 
D.  d.,  ll.  d.,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Ex-President 
of  Harvard  College.  Since  his  death,  she  has 
continued  a  life  of  activity  and  usefulness,  but 
often  visits  her  native  town,  for  which  she  cher- 
ishes an  ardent  affection. 


JOHN  D.  NUTTER. 

John  Dennett  Nutter,  the  son  of  John  Nutter, 
4th,  and  Hannah  (Dennett)  Nutter,  was  born  in 
Barnstead,  June  4,  1812, — a  few  months  after  his 
father's  death. 

His  grandfather,  Benjamin  Nutter,  Esq.,  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Barnstead,  and  at 
his  house  was  held  the  first  town  meeting  in 
Barnstead,  of  which  he  was  moderator,  and  was 
chosen  one  of  its  first  selectmen,  and  continued  as 
such  for  many  years. 

His  father  dying  in  early  manhood,  upon  his 
mother  devolved  the  care  of  the  family. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  remained  with  his 
mother  until  his  fifteenth  year,  when  he  became 
an  apprentice  of  his  uncle,  Hon.  Charles  Dennett, 


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THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION.  105 

of  Rochester,  N.  H.,  where  he  learned  the  cabinet 
maker's  trade. 

On  attaining  his  majority,  he  worked  for  a  time 
at  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H.,  and  afterwards  at  Stan- 
stead,  Canada. 

For  one  year,  Mr.  Nutter  was  engaged  in  the 
banking  business  in  Indiana,  but  sold  out  his  busi- 
ness and  returned  to  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  engaged 
in  business  as  a  merchant.  Afterwards  he  removed 
to  Montreal,  Canada,  and  became  a  broker,  and 
subsequently  was  also  largely  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business. 

Mr.  Nutter  has  been  successful  in  all  his  busi- 
ness enterprises  and  has  accumulated  a  large  for- 
tune. 

His  residence  upon  McGill  Avenue,  Montreal, 
among  the  wealthy  aristocracy,  is  spacious  and 
beautiful ;  yet  therein  reigns  the  open-hearted  hos- 
pitality characteristic  of  a  true  son  of  old  Barn- 
stead. 

Mr.  Nutter  married  Miss  Harriet  Stevens,  of 
Mont  Vernon,  by  whom  he  has  three  sons,  all 
living. 

Accompanied  by  his  family,  Mr.  Nutter  visited 
Europe,  and  spent  a  year  among  the  objects  of 
interest  found  in  the  cities  of  the  old  world. 

Although  for  many  years  Mr.  Nutter  has  lived 
under  the  flag  of  a  foreign  nation,  and  rarely  re- 
visits his  native  town,  yet  his  interest  in  its  good 
name  and  welfare  is  strong  and  abiding,  and  its 
citizens  rejoice  in  his  prosperity,  and  proudly 
claim  him  as  an  emigrant  son  of  old  Barnstead. 


CONTRIBUTIONS. 


The  following  contributions  were  received  from  emi- 
grant sons  and  daughters,  and  former  residents  of  Barn- 
stead,  in  aid  of  the  Reunion  : 

H.  A.  Tuttle,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  $25.00 

E.  S.  Nutter,  Concord,  N.  H.,  25.00 

M.  V.  B.  Edgerly,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  25.00 

C.  M.  Murphy,  Dover,  N.  H.,  25.00 

J.  G.  Sinclair,  Orlando,  Ma.,  25.00 

Mrs.  James  R.  Hill,  Concord,  N.  H.,  25.00 

Geo.  S.  Pendergast,  Boston,  Mass.,  10.00 

B.  G.  Adams,  Milton,  N.  H.,  5.00 

A.  G.  Thompson,  New  York  City,  5.00 

S.  E.  Goodwin,  New  York  City,  5.00 

J.  P.  Newell,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  5.00 

J.  D.  Nutter,  Montreal,  Canada,  5.00 

Geo.  F.  Knowles,  Lynn,  Mass.,  5.00 

H.  C.  Canney,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  5.00 

L.  G.  Young,  M.  d.,  Candia,  N.  H.  3.00 

N.  G.  Carr,  Concord,  N.  H.,  3.00 
Aaron  Whittemore,  Jr.,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,        2.00 

H.  A.  Dodge,  Concord,  N.  H.,  2.00 

Reuben  Edgerly,  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  1.00 

Andrew  Bunker,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1.00 

N.  H.  Leavitt,  Newmarket,  N.  H.,  1.00 

J.  B.  Merrill,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1.00 


NAMES 

OF 

Emigrant  Sons  and  Daughters  of  Barnstead, 


AS    RETURNED  BY 


THE    TOWN  CANVASSING   COMMITTEE. 


[In  copying  we  have  omitted  the  name  of  the  wife,  where 
both  husband  and  wife  were  natives  of  Barnstead.  Such 
cases  are  designated  by  a  star  prefixed  to  the  name  of  the 
husband.  We  are  aware  the  list  does  not  include  all  who 
were  or  should  have  been  invited,  as  some  names  were 
given  the  Secretary  in  the  hurry  and  bustle  of  Committee 
meetings,  when  an  invitation  would  be  forwarded  but  no 
record  made  of  the  name,  address,  <fcc,  while  the  post- 
office  address  of  others  could  not  be  obtained.  We  shall 
be  agreeably  surprised  if  there  are  not  mistakes  in  the 
names  and  residences. — Ed.] 

Abbott.  Mrs.  Roger  Worcester,  Mass. 

Adams,  P.  H.  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Adams,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Boston,  Mass. 

Adams,  Wilson  N.  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Adams,  Alvah  0.  "  " 

Adams,  Mrs.  N.  "  " 

Adams,  Wm.  C.  "  " 

Adams,  Hannah  Lowell,  Mass. 

Adams,  Albert  Tilton  N.  H. 

Adams,  Frank  J.  Concord,  N.  H. 

Adams,  Samuel  H.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Adams,  Austin  W.  Boston,  Mass. 


108 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


Adams,  Mrs.  Mary 
Adams,  Benjamin  G. 
Adams,  Eben  W. 
Adams,  Nellie 
Adams,  James 
*  Aikins,  Dr.  F.  J. 
Aikins,  C.  H. 
Aikins,  Mrs.  Annie  I. 
Allen,  C.  H. 
Atkinson,  Mrs.  E. 
Avery,  ft  D.  H. 
Avery,  Samuel  E. 
Avery,  James 
Avery,  W.  M. 
Ayers,  Mrs.  D.  B. 

*Babb,  Ira 
Babb,  Mrs.  Mahala 
Babb,  Samuel 
Babb,  Darius 
Babb,  Albert  S. 
Baker,  Mrs.  A.  A. 
Baker,  Mrs.  S.  R. 
Berry,  Miss  Fannie 
Berry,  Charles 
Berry,  Abbie 
Berry,  Laura 
Berry,  Mrs.  Freeman 
Berry,  Thomas 
Berry,  Fred  E. 
Berry,  Mrs.  H.  0. 
*Berry,  Plumer  0. 
Berry,  John  M. 
Berry,  Charles  H. 
Berry,  Miss  Ardena 
Berry,  Mrs.  E. 


Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Milton,  " 


Hillsborough,  u 

Pittefield,        " 

Gilmanton,       " 
u  u 

Laconia,  " 

Tilton,  " 

Rochester,  " 

Barrington,  " 

Rochester,  " 

Farmington,  " 

Manchester,  " 

Strafford, 
Ashland,  " 

Pittsfield,         " 
Georgetown,  Mass. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Epsom,         " 
Walnut,  Iowa. 
New  York  City. 
Dover,  N.  H. 


Concord,  " 

Live  Oaks,  Fla. 

Alton,  N.  H. 

Farmington,  N.  H. 
u  u 

Middletown,  Ct. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Dover,  " 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 


109 


Berry,  Alonzo 
Berry,  Mrs.  Francis 
Bean,  J.  P. 
Barton,  J.  W. 
Barton,  George 
Barker,  Col.  T.  E. 
Bachelder,  Samuel 
Bachelder,  Mrs.  S.  M. 
*  Bunker,  Andrew 
*Bunker,  Hollis 
Bunker,  J.  Elbridge 
Bunker,  Cyrus 
Bunker,  Abram 
Bunker,  William 
Bunker,  Charles 
Bunker,  Harry 
*Bunker,  Prof.  C.  M. 
Bunker,  Asa  F. 
Bunker,  Lyman 
Bunker,  Emily 
Bunker,  Sadie 
Burns,  0.  E. 
Burleigh,  Mrs.  B. 
Burnham,  Daniel 
Buntin,  Mrs.  Wm.  E 
Buzzell,  Alfred 
Bickford,  A.  H. 
Bickford,  A.  L. 
Bickford,  Moses 
Blaisdell,  Mrs.  Bertie 
Blaisdell,  Mrs.  Harriet 
Blanchard,  John  E. 
Blanchard,  Mrs.  S.  M. 
Blanchard,  Mrs.  R.  M. 
*Blake,  Dr.  Jeremiah 
*Blake,  H.  D. 


Alton,  N.  H. 
Roslindale,  Mass. 
Alfred,  Me. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Dover,         " 
Maiden,  Mass. 
Salem,       " 
Harristown,  111. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Metz,  111. 
Kasson,  Minn. 
Bethlehem,  N.  H. 
Manchester,    " 
Bethlehem,     " 
Concord,         " 
Pittsfield,        " 
Peacham,  Vt. 
Salem,  Mass. 
Peabody,  " 
Salem,      " 
Concord,  " 
Yonntrille,  Cal. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
New  Durham,  N.  H. 
Woodstock,  Conn. 
Barrington,  N.  H. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Union  Ridge  Iowa. 
Northwood,  N.  H. 
Somersworth,  " 
Elmwood,  R.  I. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Hudson,      " 
Augusta,  Ga. 
Gilmanton,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,         " 


110 


THE    BARNSTEAD    REUNION. 


Blake,  Mrs.  Ella 
Bodge,  James 
Bodge,  Ezra 
Bodge,  Mrs.  Fanny  H. 
Bowen,  Mrs.  Paulina 
Brooks,  Mrs.  E.  A. 
Brewster,  Mrs.  E.  V. 
Brown,  Geo.  W. 
Brown,  G.  S. 
Blunt,  D.  D. 


Springfield,  Mass. 

Fall  River,       " 
u  a 

Madbury,  N.  H. 
Concord,      " 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
Dover,  " 

u  u 

Clarksville,      *' 
Quincy,  Cal. 


Canfield,  Rev.  IT. 
*Canney,  Dr.  IT.  C. 
Canney,  Rev.  A.  J. 
Canney,  John  N. 
Carpenter,  Mrs.  E. 
Carr,  Mrs.  Laura  Garland 
Carroll,  Henry 
Cate,  John 
Cate,  Mrs.  Abigail 
*Cate,  N.  E. 
Caswell,  M.  G. 
Caswell,  L.  0. 
Caswell,  A.  B. 
Caswell,  G.  B. 
Caswell,  Edith 
Caswell,  Mary  H. 
Caswell,  Nancy  0. 
Caswell,  George 
Caswell,  Charles 
Caswell,  Bartlett 
Chapman,  Mrs  S. 
Chamberlin,  Mrs.  H. 
Chamberlin,  Mrs.  F.  J. 
Chamberlin,  Mrs.  D.  C.  N. 
Chamberlin,  S.  C. 


Providence,  R.  I. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
Dakota. 

Dover,  N.  H.    " 
Ellenburg,  N.  Y. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Tam worth,  " 
Candia,        " 
East  Flatbush,  N.  Y. 
North  wood,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,         " 
Palatka,  Fla. 
Rumney,  N.  H. 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Canterbury,  N.  H. 

a  a 

u  a 

Strafford  " 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

a  a 

East  Dennis,  Mass. 
New  Durham,  N.  H. 
Farmington,        " 
Lawrence,  Mass. 
Albany,  Vt. 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 


Ill 


*Chesley,  Orrin  F. 
Chesley,  H.  L. 
Chesley,  Mrs.  Jane 
Chesley,  Dr.  C.  C. 
Chesley,  Lyman 
Chates,  Mrs.  H.  J. 
Cilley,  Wm.  P. 
*Cilley,  Sewell  J. 
Cilley,  Mrs.  S. 
*Cilley,  George  PI. 
Cilley,  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Clough,  John 
Clough,  C.  W. 
Clough,  Horace 
Clough,  Frank  W. 
Clough,  Geo.  H. 
Clough,  Mrs.  M. 
Clough,  Wm.  A. 
*Collins,  T.  T. 
Collins,  John 
*Collins,  C.  F. 
Colbath,  John 
Couch,  Mrs.  John 
Clark,  Judge  L.  W. 
Clark,  Mrs.  Cora 
*Clark,  Bradbury 
Clark,  Everett 
Clark,  Alonzo 
Clark,  Emma 
Clark,  George  D. 
*Clark,  Solomon 
Clark,  Calvin  D. 
*Clark,  S.  H. 
Clark,  Jos.  W. 
Clark,  Henry 
Clark,  Frank 


Dover,  N.  H. 
«  u    ' 

Concord,  " 
Dover,       " 
Frankfort,  Kan. 
Underbill,  Vt. 
Belmont,  N.  H. 
Rochester,    " 

Westfield,  Iowa. 

Barrington,  N.  H. 

Rocliester,        " 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Newmarket,  N.  H. 
a  « 

Rochester,        " 
Warrensburg,  111. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Alton,  " 

U  U 

Pittsfield,    " 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Lawrence,  Mass. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Harristown,  111. 
Boston,  Mass. 

(«  u 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Rochester,    " 

Pittsfield,     " 
«  (i 

Lynn,  Mass. 


u  u 


112 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


Clark,  John 
Clark,  Jewett 
Clark,  J.  P. 
Clark,  Alvin 
Clark,  Albert 
*Clark,  David 
Clark,  Evalyn  F. 
Clark,  Frank  H.- 
Clark, Abrara  S. 
Clark,  Wm.  B. 
Clark,  Frank 
*Clark,  R.  S. 
Clark,  E.  K. 
Clark,  Mrs.  M.  A. 
Clark,  Jacob 
Clark,  Almira 
Clark,  Sydney 
Clark,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Clark,  J.  P. 
Clark,  Mrs.  Alice  G. 
Copp,  Frank 
Copp,  Mrs.  Geo. 
Cole,  Selathiel, 
Cole,  Frank  S. 
Cook,  Mrs.  Eva 
Cook,  Ira  A. 
Cox,  Mrs.  Nancy  N. 
Cooms,  Mrs.  M.  J. 
Courser,  Mrs.  Abby  H. 
Crockett,  William 
*Crosby,  John  Q. 
*Crosby,  Eben 
Crosby,  Sarah  J. 
Currier,  C.  C. 


Lynn,  Mass. 


Worcester,  Mass. 
Albion,  Neb. 
Concord,  N.  H. 

U  a 

Strafford,  N.  H. 
Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

(I  u 

Westfield,       " 
Laconia,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,    " 
Rochester,  " 

U  U 

Somersworth,  N.  H. 
u  u 

Los  Angelos,  Cal. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Newmarket," 

a  a 

Pittsfield,     " 

Porter,  Me. 
Milton  N.  H. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
Ellensburg,  N.  Y. 
Henniker  N.  H. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 

M  U 

u  a 

Tilton,  " 


Dame,  Miss  Harriet  P. 


Washington,  D.  C. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


113 


Daniels,  Harry  P. 
Daniels,  Ira 
Daniels,  Mrs.  Enoch 
*Davis,  D.  F. 
Davis,  Seth  W. 
Davis,  E.  G. 
Davis,  George 
Davis,  John 
Davis,  Ira 
Davis,  Hiram 
Davis,  S.  P. 
Davis,  Mrs.  Martha 
Davis,  Smith,  Jr. 
*Davis,  Horace 
Davis,  Ebenezer 
Davis,  Nancy, 
Davis,  Frank 
*Davis,  David  B. 
*Davis,  Smith 
Davis,  J.  R.  C. 
Davis,  Mrs  Betsey 
Davis,  Charles  B. 
Day,  Merven 
Daggett,  Mrs.  N.  P 
Daggett,  Alpheus 
*Dennett,  Geo.  S. 
*Dennett,  Charles 
*Dennett,  Mark  A. 
Dennett,  Dr.  John  P. 
Dennett,  Dr.  H.  E. 
Demeritt,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Demeritt,  Mrs.  Maria 
Dean,  Mrs.  Nancy 
Dearborn,  Mrs.  H. 
Dimond,  Mrs.  H. 
Durgin,  Frank  G. 


Nottingham,  N.  H. 
Somersworth,    " 

Bethlehem,         " 

Rochester,  " 

Lee,  " 

Farmington,       " 
u  u 

Milton,  " 

Laconia,  " 

Alton,  " 

Davenport,  Iowa. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

St.  Johnsbury  Vt. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Haverhill,  Mass. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Laconia,       " 

Pittsfield,     " 

North  wood,  " 

Whitefield,  " 

Ludlow,  Vt. 

Rochester,  N.  H. 

Providence,  R.  I. 

Concord,  N.  H. 
u  u 

Gilmanton,  " 
Gloucester,  Mass. 
Boston,  " 

Northwood,  N.  H. 
Farmington,  Maine. 

New  York  City. 
Danville  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,    " 


114 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


Durgin,  Helen 
Durgin,  Mrs.  Geo. 
Durgin,  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Dockham,  Warren 
Dockham,  Gowen 
Dockham,  Joseph 
Dockham,  George 
Dorr,  Prof.  H.  I. 
Dorr,  Etta  W. 
Dore,  Mrs.  Herbert 
Downs,  George 
Dodge,  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Drake,  Mrs.  George 
Dow,  Chas.  J. 
*Dow,  John  C. 
Dow,  Fred. 
Dow,  William  H. 
Dow,  Samuel 
*Drew,  Aaron  W. 
Drew,  Win.  Garland 
Drew,  Orrin  G. 
Drew,  Alvin 
Drew,  Obed 
Drew,  Geo.  W. 
Drew,  Cortes 
Drew,  Horace 
Drew,  Mrs.  Sally 
*Dudley,  John  H., 
*Dudley,  Charles 
Dudley,  Charles  V. 
*Dudley  George  W. 
Dudley,  Mrs.  Thomas 


Pittsfield  N.  II. 

a  a 

Haverhill,  Mass. 
Newburyport,  Mass. 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 
New  York  City. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Beverly,  Mass. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,     " 
West  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Cambridgeport,  Mass. 


Campton,  N.  H. 
Quincy,  Cal. 

Newton,  Iowa. 
Fremont,  Ohio. 
Newton,  Iowa. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Lawrence,  Mass. 
Gilmanton,  N.  H. 
Laconia,  " 

Farmington,     " 
E.  Concord,      " 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,  " 


Eaton,  Mrs.  D.  F. 
Eaton,  Rosie  I. 
Eaton,  Mrs  Abbie 


Pittsfield, 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


115 


Eaton,  Mrs.  John 

Eaton,  Dr.  Lysander 

Eaton,  Samuel  P. 

Eaton,  William 

Eastman,  Mrs.  Frank 

Edgerly,  Hon.  M.  V.  B. 

Edgerly,  Prof.  J.  G. 

Edgerly,  A.  J. 

•Edgerly,  D.  G. 

Edgerly,  Isaiah 

Edgerly,  Mrs.  E.  G. 

Edgerly,  Amy  L. 

Edgerly,  Geo.  E. 

Edgerly,  Cynthia  A. 

Edgerly,  Reuben 
.  Edgerly,  Laura 

Edgerly,  Horace 

Edgerly,  Mrs.  David 

Edgerly,  Mrs.  E. 

Elkins,  Dr.  J.  P. 
-  Elkins,  Dr.  J.  S. 

Elkins,  Mrs.  S.  F. 

Emery,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 

*Emerson,  Dr.  James 

•Emerson,  Jere  E. 

Emerson,  Frank 

Emerson,  Mrs.  Julia  A. 

Emerson,  Luther 

Emerson,  Charles 

Emerson,  J.  A. 

•Emerson,  A.  J. 

Emerson,  John  0. 

•Emerson,  R.  J. 

Emerson,  Bela 

Emerson,  Eliphalet 
v  Emerson,  Mrs.  Julia 


Manchester,  N.  H. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Strafford,  N.  H. 
Loudon,         " 
Odgen,  Kan. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,       " 
Wadley's  Falls,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,  " 

Haverhill,  Mass. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,  " 


a  a 

Newburyport,  Mass. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
New  London,  N.  H. 
Farmington,        " 

Boston,  Mass. 

Gardiner,  Mass. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
u  u 

Pittsfield,     " 

Westfield,    " 

Odgen,  Kan. 
tt  u 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Alton,  " 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Effingham,  N.  H. 
u  u 

Farmington,   " 


116 


nrtAi 


Emerson,  Mrs.  Clara  S. 
*Evans,  William 

j      Flanders,  Mrs.  Sally 
^^landers,  Mrs.  Charles 
'*Flanders,  Enoch 
Flanders,  J.  D. 
Fogg,  C.  W. 
Fogg,  Mrs.  Lucy 
Forbes,  Mrs.  Hubbard 
*Frost,  Mrs.  William 
Foss,  Mrs.  Flora 
Fuller,  Mrs.  George 
Furber,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Furber,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
*French,  Charles  S, 
French,  Mrs.  Abram 
French,  Mrs.  Augusta 
French,  Mrs.  Mercy 
French,  Rev.  0.  S. 
French,  Lucian 
French,  A.  F. 
French,  C.  W. 
French,  J.  C. 
French,  Mrs.  R.  L. 
*French,  Levi  F. 
-  French,  John  P.  H. 

Garland,  Dr.  A.  H. 
Garland,  H.  H. 
Garland,  Frank 
Garland,  Frink 
Garland,  Mrs.  Mary  D. 
Garland,  Mrs.  Betsey 
Garland,  Miss  Josephine 
Garland,  Charles  H. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

Pittsfield,  N.  fl. 


Amesbury,  Mass. 


u  a 


Alton,  N.  H. 

U  (t 

Lynn,  Mass. 

M  U 

Sutton,  Vt. 
No.  Andover  Mass. 
Rochester,  N.  H. 
Medford,  Mass. 
Alton,  N.  H. 

U  U 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

K  a 

Loudon,        " 
Ipswich,  Mass. 
Bangor,  Me. 
So.  Sangerfield,  Me. 
Galveston,  Texas. 
New  York  City. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield  N.  H. 
Greeley,  Col. 
Farmington,  N .  H. 

u  a 

Coleville,  Kansas. 
Chicago,  111. 

Kingston  N.  H. 
Alton,  " 

Sheffield,  Vt. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


117 


Gear,  Albert 
Grandy,  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Grove.r,  Mrs.  Wm. 
George,  Dr.  Franklin 
George,  John  A. 

*  George,  Henry  W. 
George,  Prank  0. 
Grace,  Chas.  S. 
Grace,  Frank 
Gray,  Woodbury 
Gray,  B.  G.  P. 
Gray,  Orris  D. 
Gray,  Amos  F. 
Gray  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
*Goodwin,  Samuel  E., 
Goodwin,  Gilman 

*  Godfrey,  James 
Griffin,  Betsey 
Griffin,  Charles 
Greene,  Wm.  R. 
Greenwood,  Sidney  F. 


Rochester,  N.  H. 
Concord,        " 
Exeter,  " 

Macon,  Georgia. 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,         u 

a  it 

Haverhill,  Mass. 

a  a 

Beverly,  Mass. 
«  u 

a  tt 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Wheelock,  Vt. 
New  York  City. 

Lynn,  Mass. 
Lowell,  Mass. 

it  a 

Concord,  Mass. 
Lynn,  Mass. 


Hall,  J.  Frank 
*Hall,  Stacy 
Hall,  Oram  R. 
Hall,  Joseph  D. 
*Hall,  Burley 
Hall,  Mrs  F.  H. 
Hall,  Joseph 
Hall,  J.  0. 
Hall,  John  S. 
Hall,  Mrs.  Daniel 
Hall,  Mrs.  W.  0. 
Hayes,  Dr.  Jos.  ~RffWtti, 
Hayes,  Geo.  W^i*v«»lnv  V 
Hayes,  Stephen  b, 

8 


Farmington,  N.  H. 

Dover,  N.  H. 
Stoneham,  Mass. 
Rochester,  N.  H. 
Strafford,      " 

u  u 

Nottingham,  N.  H. 
Concord,  " 

•  Strafford,  " 

#"*"** Linden,  Mass. 
,  3 V$  ^Lowell,      " 
■  W^over,  N.H. 
,  3  v4       Worcester,  Mass. 


118 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 

a  Hi 


Hayes,  Jesse*    )+L~rt**i*  *i  ^>^Holstein,  Mass.LHsjC&xJ^ 


Hayes,  Alvin 
Hayes,  Orrin  P. 


j>-  3*/^Cambridgeport,  Mass. 
(1*  Lyi 


Mayes,  Urrm  r.  -  -      f»-  '7»  Lynn, 

Hayes,  WrWk^kJLy  "  j>  ♦  V^'Farmington,  N.  H. 
Hayes,  Mrs.  Lizzie i$*g«^  &L.li£**£jjnn,  Mass. 
Hayes,  Mrs.  Sally  T/> fi^i^w  MtfDover,  N.  H. 
Hayes,  W.^P.       ±*+ls  *        " 

Hayes,  Johj^^w^-**^  Black  Hills,  Dakota. 

Hayes,  J/F^J-^        /».¥7^      Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Hayes,  Eben  L  .  3  S 7    Gilmanton ,  N.  H. 

Hayes,  Smith  ~U«wi*~~£  „  i.  3  *T^    Ipswich,  Mass. 


Hatch,  Mrs.  E. 
Hanscame,  John 
Hanscame,  Mrs  Mary  F. 
Hanscame,  Julia 
*Hanscame,  Lemuel 
Hanscame,  Jeremiah 
*Hanscame,  A.  F. 
Hanscame,  Ada 
Hanson,  John, 
Hanson,  Luther  N. 
Hanson,  George 
Hanson,  Dr.  C.  W. 
Hanson,  Lewis 
Hanson,  Jos.  B. 
Harvey,  Rev.  Jos. 
Hawkins,  Ella  S. 
Hadley  Mrs  Eva  E. 
Higgins,  Mrs.  F.  S. 
Herring,  Mrs.  James 
*Hoitt,  Col.  James  S. 
*Hoitt,  John  S. 
Hoitt,  John  G. 
*Howard,  J.  W. 
*Howard,  Hanson 
Howard,  William 


Beverly,  Mass. 

North  wood,  N.  H. 
u  u 

Boston,  Mass. 

Epsom,  N.  H. 

Rochester,  N.  H. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Strafford,  N.  H. 

Salem,  Ohio. 

Cyhoga  Falls,  Ohio. 

Perrysbufg,         " 

North  wood,  N.  H. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Taunton,  Mass. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Ellenburg,  N.  Y. 

Concord,  N.  H. 

Manchester,  N  H. 

Farmington,     " 

Laconia,  " 

Concord,  " 

«  u 

Alton,  " 

Strafford, 
Boston,  Mass. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


119 


Hooper,  Mrs.  William 
Hooper,  Mrs.  Delia 
Home,  James 
Home,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Hussey,  Mrs.  B. 
Hurd,  Albert 
*Ham,  Dr.  0.  F. 
Ham,  Mrs.  John 
Ham,  Wm.  F. 
*Ham,  J.  C. 
Ham,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Ham,  Ellen  A. 
Ham,  Mrs.  D. 
Ham,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Heath,  Mrs.  Lizzie 
Harmon,  Mrs.  M.  E. 
Holmes,  Rev.  D.  G. 
Holmes,  Woodbury 
Holmes,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Holmes  Mrs.  Lydia 
Holmes,  Charles  A. 
Holmes,  Clara  E. 
Holmes,  Mary  E. 
Holmes,  Cora  J. 
Homes,  Mrs.  Ellen 
Huse,  Hon.  H.  H, 
Huntress,  Frank 
Huntress,  Nellie 
Hackett,  Mrs.  Jere. 
Hill,  Ruel, 
Hill,  Mrs.  Mary 
Hill  Wm.  M. 
Hill,  Mrs.  James  R. 
Hill,  Samuel 
*Hill,  Warren  B. 
Hill,  Lewis  A. 


Dover,  N.  H. 
Berwick,  Maine. 
Acton,  " 

Farmington,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,      " 
Pittsfield,         " 
Bethlehem,       " 
Mishewakie,  Indiana. 
New  York  City. 
Gilmanton,  N.  H. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Strafford,  N.  H. 
Rochester,    " 

Gilmanton,  " 

New  Durham,  N.  H. 

Chicago,  111. 

Farmington,  N.  H. 

Strafford,  " 

u  a 

Middleton,  Conn. 

a  u 

Dover,  N.  H. 

Strafford,  " 
u  u 

Manchester,  N.  H. 
Wolfeborough,  " 
Lynn,  Mass. 
New  Britain,  Conn. 
East  Kingston,  N.  H. 
North  wood,  " 

E.  Bowdoinham,  Me. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
North  wood,  " 
Pittsfield,     " 
Alton,  " 


120 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


♦Hill,  Alexis  A. 
Hill,  Herbert  M. 
Hill,  Mrs.  John 
Hill,  John  D. 
Hill,  Martha  B. 
Hill,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Hill,  Jeremiah 
Hill,  Benjamin 
Hill,  John  S. 
Hill,  John  H. 
Hill,  Mrs.  Jennie  H. 
Hill,  John 
Hill,  George 
♦Hodgdon,  S.  A. 
Hodgdon,  Albert 
Hodgdon,  Charles 
Hodgdon,  A.  E. 
Hodgdon,  Frank  L. 
Hodgdon,  G.  W. 
Hodgdon,  Lyman 
Hodgdon,  Wm.  A. 
♦Hobbs,  George 
Hobbs,  Frank 
Hobbs,  Mrs.  M. 

Jewett,  Rev.  S.  D. 
Jacobs,  T.  S. 
Jacoby,  Mrs.  S.  F. 
Jenkins,  C.  E. 
Jenkins,  Miss  Sadie 
♦Jenkins,  William 
Jenkins,  Louisa 
Jenkins,  Mary  H. 
Jenkins,  Orrin  J. 
♦Jenkins,  Lewis 
Jenkins,  Melvin  J. 


Lynn,  Mass 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Newmarket, " 

Strafford,     " 

Dunbar,  Mich. 

Laconia,  N.  H. 

Saco,  Me. 

Amador,  Cal. 

Strafford,  N.  H. 

Rochester,     " 

Manchester,  " 

Chester,  Iowa. 

Grinnell,    " 
u  u 

a  u 

Davenport,  Iowa. 
Gilmanton,  N.  H. 
Dover,  " 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Pittsfield  N.  H. 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Davenport,  Iowa. 

Middletown,  Conn. 
Manchester,  N.  H. ' 
Wilton,  Iowa. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Porter,  Me. 

West  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 
Boston,  Mass. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,     " 
Manchester,  " 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


121 


Jenkins,  Jos.  J. 
Jenkins,  James 
Jenkins,  Jethro 
Johnson,  Mrs.  John 
Johnson,  Augustus 
Joy,  Albert  H. 
Joy,  Charles 
Joy,  Annie 
*Jones,  George  H. 
Jones,  Jenny  L. 
Jones,  Mrs.  William 
Jenness,  Mrs.  J.  J. 
Jenness,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Jenness,  Susan 


Effingham,  N.  H. 
Concord,         " 

U  a 

No.  Berwick,  Me. 
Live  Oaks,  Florida. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Durham,        " 
Worcester,  Mass. 
Sanborn,  Iowa. 
Dover,      N.  H. 
Pittsfield,     " 

U  a 

Rochester,    " 


Kent,  Hon.  J.  Horace 
*Kaime,  James    . 
Kaime,  Joanna 
Kaime,  G.  W. 
Kaime,  Kingsbury  G. 
Kaime,  Samuel  J. 
Kaime,  Mrs.  Belle 
Kaime,  George 
Keniston,  George 
*Keniston,  Eben 
Keniston,  G.  W. 
Killem,  Mrs.  M.  A. 
Kimball,  Mrs.  J.  W.  M. 
Knowlton,  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Knox,  Nettie, 
*Knowles,  G.  F. 
Knowles,  S.  P. 


Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Canterbury,     " 
it  u 

Warrensburg,  111. 
No.  Woburn,  Mass. 
Stoneham,  " 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Oshkosh,  Wis. 
Wolfeborough,  N.  H. 
Somersworth,         " 

Lawrence,  Kan. 
Alton,    N.  H. 
Pittsfield,  " 
Pembroke, " 
Lynn,  Mass. 


Lang,  Mrs.  J.  J. 
Lang,  Mrs.  M.  V.  B. 
Labaron,  J.  D. 


Alton,        N.  H. 
Farmington,  " 
Cambridge,  Mass. 


122 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


*Langley,  Joseph  T. 
Langley,  Wm.  N. 
Lee,  Augustus 
Lee,  Mrs.  Daniel 
Lodge,  Mrs.  L. 
Lougee,  Simeon 
~  Lougee,  Mrs.  Dr. 
Leighton,  Susie  P. 
Lord,  John 
*Lord,  Horace 
Locke,  Mrs.  James 
Longfellow,  Mrs.  M.  S. 
Loud,  Mrs.  A. 
Littlefield,  Lavina 
Littlefield,  W.  P. 
Littlefield,  David 
Littlefield,  Mrs.  Susan 
Lyford,  F.  H.  Rev. 

Marston,  Nettie 
Mason,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Marden,  Mrs.  D.  H. 
Mayo,  Mrs.  J.  F. 
*McNeal,  John, 
McNeal,  D.  W. 
McFarland,  Mrs.  Wm. 
McNeil,  William 
McDuffee,  Mrs  Jane 
*Meader,  J.  G. 
Meader,  Mrs.  D.  P. 
Marble,  George 
Marsh,  D.  K. 
Marsh,  Hiram 
Murphy,  Hon.  C.  M. 
Munsey,  Dr.  Geo.  Frank 
*Munsey,  Curtis  C. 


Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Exeter,  " 

Rochester,      " 
Barrington,    " 
Neola,  Iowa. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Rochester,        " 
Farmington,     " 
Manchester,     " 
Salem,  Mass. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Groveland,  Mass. 
Portsmouth  N.  H. 
Kennebunk,  Me. 
Rollinsford,  N.  H. 
Dover,  " 

New  Durham,  " 
Littleton,  " 

Chichester,      " 
Canterbury,     " 
Chichester,       " 
Boston,  Mass. 
Chicago,  111. 

U  a 

Concord,  N.  H. 
Haverhill,  Mass. 
Tewksbury,    " 
Boscawen,  N.  H. 
Newmarket,     " 
Somersworth,  " 
Concord,  " 

it  u 

Dover,  " 

Greenville,      " 
Danyers,  Mass. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


123 


♦Munsey,  Woodbury 

Pittsfield,    N.  H. 

Munsey,  Robert 

Chichester,       " 

Munsey,  G.  W. 

Gilmanton,       " 

Munsey,  D.  C. 

Lampasas,  Texas. 

Munsey,  Mrs.  Mahala 

Dover,  N.  H. 

Munsey,  Georgia 

u          u 

Munsey,  A.  T. 

Colorado. 

Munsey,  H.  W. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Munsey,  Frank  L. 

Goffs  Falls,  N.  H. 

Munsey,  Levi  D. 

Clarksville,      " 

♦Murray,  James 

Middletown,  111. 

Murray,  Mrs.  Nancy 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Marshall,  Andrew 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

♦Merrill,  J.  B. 

Concord,         " 

Merrill,  S.  F. 

Euclair,  Wis. 

Merrill,  Frank 

New  York  City. 

Merrill,  Lyman 

Concord,  N.  H. 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Sarah 

Gilmanton,  " 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Maria 

Pittsfield      " 

Merrill,  C.  E. 

Gilmanton,  " 

Merrill,  Dr.  S.  A. 

Belmont,      " 

Miles,  Sarah  A. 

Sheffield,  Vt. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Eliphalet 

Lowell,  Mass. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Harry 

Concord,  N.  H. 

*Morrison,  Abram 

Madbury,     u 

Morrison,  John 

So.  Berwick,  Me. 

Morrison,  Mrs.  D.  H. 

Alton,  N.  H. 

Morrison,  Mrs.  J.  I.  N. 

U              M 

Morrison,  G.  W. 

u              U 

Morrison,  Mrs.  Sarah 

Boston,  Mass. 

♦Mooney,  H.  P. 

Pittsfield, " 

Morrill,  Rev.  James 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Morrill,  Mrs.  H. 

M                    « 

Morrill,  Jos.  G. 

a            u 

Morrill,  Josephine 

U                 a 

Morrill,  Mrs.  C. 

u                 a 

124  THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 

Moore,  Mrs.  L.  F.  Manchester,  N.  H. 


Newell,  Hon.  J.  P. 

u                   u 

Newell,  Wm.  H. 

Gilmanton,      " 

Newell,  Albert  H. 

u                   u 

*Newell,  Moses  D, 

Elo,  Wis. 

Newell,  Chas.  D. 

Albion,  Neb. 

*Newell,  Wm,  J. 

St.  Joe,  Hamilton  Co., 

Newell,  Samuel  A. 

York  Co.,  Neb.    [Neb. 

Newell,  L.  V. 

Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Newell,  Dr.  A.  C. 

Albion,  Neb. 

Nelson,  Edward 

Gilmanton  N.  H. 

Noyes,  Mrs.  G.  F.  A. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Nutter,  Col.  E.  S. 

Concord,  N.  H. 

Nutter,  James, 

Worcester,  Mass. 

Nutter,  Hon.  John  D. 

Montreal,  Canada. 

Nutter,  Benjamin 

Toronto,  Canada. 

Nutter,  Geo.  L. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

*Nutter,  James,  2d, 

Bear  Grove,  Minn. 

Nutter,  Van  D. 

Northwood,  N.  H. 

Nutter,  John 

Pittsfield,        " 

*Nutter,  Jas.  A. 

Swampscott,  Mass. 

Nutter,  Joseph  S. 

Salem,                " 

Nutter,  William  E. 

Boston,               " 

Nutter,  John  P. 

Concord,     N.  H. 

Nutter,  Wm. 

Gilmanton,    " 

*Nutter,  A.  L. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

*Nutter,  Orrin  S. 

a            a 

Nutter,  C.  W. 

Rochester,  N.  H. 

Nutter,  Mercy 

Gilmanton,    " 

Nutter,  Asa  N. 

Alton,             " 

Nutter,  Geo.  E. 

Dover,            " 

Nutter,  John  M. 

«                a 

Nutter,  Charles  C. 

Concord,        " 

Nutter,  Dr.  G.  W. 

Manchester,   *V 

Nutter,  Franklin  C. 

Pittsfield,       "" 

THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


125 


Nutter,  David  R. 

Hopkinton,  N.  H. 

Nutter,  Ebenezer 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Nutter,  Nathan 

Rochester,  N.  H. 

Nutter,  Chas.  E. 

Farmington,  " 

Nutter,  George  F. 

Cedar  Keys,  Florida, 

Nutter,  J.  H. 

Somers worth,  N.  H. 

Nutter,  John  C. 

Rochester,          " 

Nutter,  Mrs.  G.  L. 

Concord,             " 

*Otis,  Joseph 

Newmarket,        " 

Otis,  Mrs.  Ai   - 

Farmington,        " 

Otis,  Mrs.  Sarah 

Strafford,            " 

Ordway,  Louisa 

Loudon,              " 

Osgood,  Mrs.  Perley 

U                              el 

Osgood,  Dyer 

li                               it 

Parshley,  Albert  J. 

Rochester,          " 

Parshley,  J.  J. 

Vershire,  Yt. 

*Parshley,  Ira 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Parshley,  John 

U                      U 

Palmer,  Mrs.  Hannah 

Deerfield,       " 

Parker,  Lavina 

Epsom,           " 

Parmenter,  Nellie 

Farmington,  " 

*Page,  Winthrop 

Pittsfield,       « 

Page,  Hiram 

U                           (( 

Page,  Nathaniel 

Gilmanton,     " 

Patterson,  Mrs.  Helen 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Parsons,  Rufus 

Gilmanton,  N.  H. 

Pettigrew,  Frank 

Newmarket,  " 

Pettigrew,  Mary  J. 

u               it 

Perry,  Mrs.  H.  J. 

Manchester,  " 

Perry,  James 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Pendergast,  Hon.  Geo.  S. 

Boston,  Mass. 

*Pendergast,  Isaac  S. 

Newmarket,  N.  H. 

Pendergast,  Nancy 

Boston,  Mass. 

*Pendergast,  Charles  F. 

Newmarket,  N.  H. 

126 


THE    BARNSTEAD    REUNION. 


Pendergast,  John  H. 
Pendergast,  Jas.  A. 
Pendergast,  Solomon 
*Pendergast,  George  E. 
Pendergast,  John  B. 
Pendergast,  Mrs  A.  M. 
Pendergast,  Jane 
Pendergast,  Frank  C. 
Perkins,  True 
Perkins,  Mrs.  John 
Perkins,  Mrs.  Charles 
Perkins,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Prescott,  Mrs.  Perley 
Prescott,  Mrs.  Miranda 
Pray,  Mattie  A. 
Proctor,  William 
Proctor,  Samuel  N. 
*Proctor,  Thomas  D. 
*Pickering,  Hon.  J.  L. 
Pickering,  Mark 
Pickering,  Joseph 
*Pickering,  C.  C. 
Pickering,  Nathan 
Pickering,  Calvin 
Pickering,  Fred. 
Pickering,  Mrs.  John 
Pierce,  Henry  H. 
*Pierce,  Albert 
Pitman,  Dr.  Eben 
Pitman,  A.  J. 
Pitman,  Samuel 
Pitman,  Joseph 
Pitman,  Mrs.  Jona. 
Pitman,  Alvin 
*Pitman,  C.  H. 
Pitman,  Frank  D. 


Salisbury,  Mass. 
Saux  Centre,  Minn. 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Chicago,  111. 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Alton,     N.  H. 
Concord,     " 
Pittsfield,    " 
Loudon,       " 
Concord,     " 
Pittsfield,     " 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Hampton  Falls,  N.  H. 
Dover,  " 

Haverhill,  Mass. 
Lowell,  " 

Beverly,         " 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Cambridgeport,  Mass. 
Salem,  Mass. 
Newport,  Me. 
Durham,  N.  H. 

it  a 

Concord,     " 
Boston,  Mass. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Boston,  " 

a  a 

Strafford,  N.  H. 

Manchester,  " 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


127 


Pitman,  John  T. 
Pitman  N.  T. 
Pitman,  Mrs.  Emma 
Pitman,  John 
Pitman,  George 
Pitman,  Lougee 
Pitman,  Eben,  Jr. 
Pitman,  Susan 
Pitman,  R.  M. 
Piper,  Rev.  C.  E. 
Piper,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 


Pelham,  N.  H. 

Concord,  " 

Farmington,  " 
Alexandria  " 
Danvers,  Mass. 
Manistee,  Mich. 
Bath,  Me. 
Lowell,  Mass. 

Wakefield,  Mass. 
Gilmanton,  N.  H. 


Quint,  Alonzo  Hall,  d.  d. 
Quimby,  Rev.  M.  A. 


Dover,'  " 

Gilmanton,     " 


Rand,  Dr.  Jos.  B. 
Rand,  Elizabeth 
Rand,  Chas.  F. 
Randall,  Mrs.  Belle 
Randall,  Mrs.  A.  S. 
*Randall,  Jeremiah 
Randlett,  Mrs.  J.  F. 
Ricker,  Joseph 
Riddler,  Mrs.  Nancy  E. 
Rines,  Mrs.  Emily 
Russ,  Mrs.  Hattie  A. 
Russell,  Jos.  C. 
Rollins,  Samuel  G. 
Rollins,  John  M. 
Rollins,  T.  E. 
Rollins,  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Rollins,  Mrs.  A.  L. 
*Roberts,  Geo.  S. 
Roberts,  Jona.  E. 
Roberts,  Frank 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Phebe 


Hartford,  Vt. 
Lowell,  Mass. 
Alton,  N.  H. 
So.  Brooks,  Me. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,  N.  H. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Portland,  Me. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Concord,  N.  H. 
Ossipee,       " 
Boston,  Mass. 
E.  Boston, " 
Oshkosh,  Wis. 
Corning,  N.  Y. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Alton,  N.  H. 
Warrensburg,  111. 


Dover,  N.  H. 


128  THE  BAENSTEAD  REUNION. 

Ross,  John  Salem,  Mass. 


Sinclair,  Hon.  John  G. 
Savage,  Mrs.  Moses  H. 
*Sackett,  Hiram  M. 
Sackett,  Frank  E. 
Sargent,  John 
Sargent,  Mrs.  Harriet 
Sanborn,  Mrs.  Mary 
Sanborn,  Dr.  G.  H. 
Sanders,  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Selden,  Mrs.  John 
Scruton,  Thomas 
Scruton,  Walter  G. 
Scribner,  Mrs.  S. 
Scriggins,  Joshua  C. 
Scriggins,  Charles 
Scriggins,  William 
Seward,  G.  H. 
*  Seward,  Frank 
Smith,  Mrs.  Josephine 
Smith,  Geo.  F. 
Smith,  George 
Smith,  Mrs.  C.     . 
Small,  Alden 
*Smart,  N.  T. 
*Smart,  Ansil  C. 
Smart,  F.  A.  J. 
Smart,  Mrs.  Mary 
Simpson,  Mrs.  S.  A. 
Snell,  George, 
Snell,  Clement 
Snell,  Darius 
Sleeper,  J.  0. 
vv  Sleeper,  C.  W. 
Sleeper,  Mrs.  B.  F. 


Florida. 

Boston,  Mass. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Boston,  " 

Hopkinton,  N.  H. 

So.  Newmarket,  N.  H. 

Henniker,  " 

Greeley,  Colorado. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Strafford,     " 

Pittsfield,     " 

Lewiston,  Me. 

Storm  Lake,  Iowa. 

Sandwich,  N.  H. 
«  « 

Alton,  " 

u  a 

Concord,        " 

((  a 

Campton,       " 
Centre  Harbor,  N.  H. 
Strafford,  " 

Effingham,  " 

Concord,  " 

Effingham,  " 

Washington,  D.  C. 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Pittsfield,   N.  H. 

a  a 

Pembroke,      " 
Rochester,     " 

a  it 

Farmington,  " 


THE  BARNSTEAD  REUNION. 


129 


Souza,  Mrs.  A.  J. 
Spencer,  Alvin 
Shepard,  Luther  E. 
*Shackford,  William 
Shackford,  James 
•Shackford,  H.  H. 
"♦Shackford,  A.  W. 
Shackford,  Alphonso 
Shackford,  Elbridge  G. 
Shackford,  Charles  J. 
Shannon,  Nathaniel  H. 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Emily 
Short,  Mrs.  Abbie  E. 
Standish,  Mrs.  L.  Miles 
Stanton,  Mark 
*Straw,  Samuel 
Straw,  John  W. 
Straw,  Edwin  D.  . 
Straw,  Alonzo 
Straw,  Simon 

*Tasker,  J.  M. 
Tasker,  Frank 
Tasker,  Mrs.  Seth 
Tasker,  Mrs.  Gilbert 
Tasker,  Mrs.  Joseph 
Tasker,  Mary 
Tebbetts,  Orran  W.,  Esq. 
*Tebbetts,  Israel  C. 
Tebbetts,  Daniel  P. 
Tebbetts,  Ephraim 
Tebbetts,  Mrs.  Ella 
Tebbetts,  Mrs.  Addie, 
Tuttle,  Hon.  H.  A. 
Tuttle,  Judge  John 
*Tuttle,  Henry  F. 


Concord,     N.  H. 
Somersworth," 
Lowell,  Mass. 
Concord,  N.  H. 

a  a 

Saugus,  Mass. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 
Providence,  R.  I. 
Dubuque,  Iowa. 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Rochester,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,        " 
Boston,  Mass. 

Barrington,  N.  H. 
Concord, 

u 

Farmington, 

a 

Alton, 

Myrtle  St.,  Lynn, Mass. 

Boston,  " 

Strafford,  N.  H. 

Pittsfield,     " 

Boston,  Mass. 

Laconia,  N.  H. 
ft  t< 

Manchester,  N.  H. 
Salem,  Mass. 
Lynn,        « 
Franklin,  N.  H. 
Pittsfield,      " 
Farmington,  " 
Pittsfield,      " 


130 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


Tuttle,  Chas.  S. 
Tuttle,  Frank  P. 
Tuttle,  Mrs.  George 
Tutttle,  Mrs.  C.  H. 
Tuttle,  Mrs.  Albert  G. 
Thompson,  Mrs.  A.  H. 
*Thompson,  Edward 
Thompson,  Edward,  Jr. 
Thompson,  William 
Towle,  Hon.  Geo.  H. 
Towle,  Roby  M. 
Towle,  Frank 
Towle,  Samuel 
Towle,  Daniel 
Towle,  James 
Towle,  Mrs.  Betsey 
Towle,  Mrs.  Susan 
Twombly,  Mrs.  Elvira 
Twombly,  Mrs.  Emily 


Nashua,     N.  H. 
u  u 

Pittsfield,      " 
Augusta,  Georgia. 
New  York  City. 
St.  Stephens,  N.  B. 
So.  Berwick,  Me. 


Deerfield,  N.  H. 

Ct  « 

Northwood, " 
u  u 

it  u 

Haverhill,  Mass. 
Pittfield,  N.  H. 
Kingston,     " 
Strafford,     " 
Pittsfield,     " 


Walker,  Dr.  A.  C. 
Walker,  George  F. 
Walker,  Mrs.  R.  D.  K. 
Walker,  Ansel  G. 
Walker,  Samuel 
Walker,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Walker,  Miss  Sarah  E. 
Wallace,  Mrs.  James 
Wallace,  Mrs.  Wm. 
*Waldron,  Oliver 
Warren,  Dr.  Albert 
Watkins,  Mrs.  Geo. 
Watson,  Mrs.  J. 
*Webster,  Hon.  R.  S. 
Welch,  Eben 
Welch,  Samuel 


Greenfield,  Mass. 
Newmarket,  N.  H. 
Portsmouth,     " 
Detroit,  Mich. 
Newmarket,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton,       " 
Dover,  " 

Charlestown,  Mass. 
Northwood,  N.   II. 
Madbury,  N.  H. 
Madrid,  Spain. 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Gilmanton ,      " 
Melrose,  Mass. 
Lowell,        " 
Boston,       " 


THE  BABNSTEAD  EEUNION. 


131 


Welch,  Clark 
Welch,  Edwin 
Welch,  Mrs.  Mary- 
Welch,  Timothy 
Welch,  Frank 
*Wheeler,  Dr.  John 
Wheeler,  Dr.  P.  H. 
*Wheeler,  Luke 
Whitcomb,  D.  H. 
Whittier,  Mrs.  H. 
White,  Rev.  F.  J. 
*  Went  worth,  Henry  R. 
*Wentworth,  A.  J. 
*Wentworth,  C.  W. 
Winkley,  Alonzo 
Winkley,  J.  M. 
Winkley,  Mrs.  J.  0. 
Winkley,  Benjamin 
Winkley,  David 
Winkley,  W.  P. 
*Winkley,  John  S. 
Winkley,  Mrs.  D.  B. 
Winkley,  Paul  H. 
-Wingate,  William 
Wingate,  Mrs.  Lyman 
Willey,  Everett 
Willard,  Richard 
Willard,  Mrs.  John 
Willard,  Oliver 
Woodward,  William 
Woodward,  Edwin 
*Woodhouse,  J.  L. 
Woodhouse,  John  L. 
Woodhouse,  Mrs.  G-.  W. 
Woodhouse,  Dr.  N.  W. 


Strafford,  N.  H. 
Rochester,    " 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Strafford,       " 
Pittsfield,       " 
Alton,  " 

Westfield,  Iowa. 
Fitzwilliam,N.  H. 
Portsmouth,     " 
Chester,  " 

Dover,  " 

New  Durham,  " 
Lynn,      Mass. 
Lawrence,  " 
Stoneham,  " 
Chelsea,      " 
Strafford,  N.  H. 
Berwick,  Me. 
Chicopee,  Mass. 
Strafford,  N.  H. 


Farmington,  " 
Rochester,      " 
Lynn,  Mass. 
Sutton,  Vt. 

u  a 

Barton,   " 
Exeter,  N.  H. 

u  a 

Walnut,  Iowa. 
Wilton,      " 
Laconia,  N.  H. 
Wilton,  Iowa. 


132 


THE   BARNSTEAD   REUNION. 


Young,  Dr.  S.  W. 
Young,  Dr.  Lysander 
Young,  Mrs.  Salma  L. 
*Young,  Stephen 
Young,  A.  J. 
Young,  G.  W. 
Yoiing,  A.  W. 
Young,  H.  A. 
Young,  Alva  A. 
Young,  George 
^York,  Mrs.  R.  G. 


Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Candia,  " 

Lynn,  Mass. 


u  u 


Pittsfield,  N.  H. 
Laconia,  N.  H. 
Lynn,  Mass. 


u  u 


Concord,  N.  H. 
Ipswich,  Mass. 
Farmington,  N.  H. 


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